Headaches – that pain in your head that just won’t go away! This very irritating and painful condition may stem from many different reasons – tension, stress, hormonal changes, neck or back strain, dehydration; OR a problem with your eyes and/or vision.
This last point is what we are focusing on – the five most common headaches that stem from optical issues and the ways that eyeglasses can help.
- Vision problems: probably the number one cause of all headaches. When one cannot see, one will strain one’s eyes, squint and so on, causing headaches and discomfort all-round.
- The sun: Extended exposure to the sun while leaving your eyes unprotected can lead to very intense headaches – especially coupled with too little water drinking.
- A glare: Whether from a computer screen, telephone, or something that you see outside in direct sunlight, glares put a lot of pressure and stress on your eyes; making them work harder and causing you a headache in the process.
- Eye diseases: the first sign and symptom of eye disease can offer be headaches, which is one of the reasons why people are constantly encouraged to visit their eye doctors or optometrists when suffering from headaches – whether consistent or not. Many glaucoma, cataracts, and dry eye sufferers have been able to save their eyesight and rid themselves of optical discomfort, all because they visited their eye doctors and diagnosed and treated the problem early.
Age-related eye-straining and distance changes: when you find that your close and distance vision is completely not on par, and your regular eyeglasses just don’t seem to be enough.
Now for the solution to all these problems – eyeglasses!
- Prescription eyeglasses made specifically according to your most recent eyeglasses prescription will solve all known visual distance problems – including myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
- High-quality sunglasses, or prescription sunglasses, protect the eyes against harmful UVA and UVB rays, the strain of which, and intensity of which, often cause headaches.
- Eyeglasses with a special anti-glare coating will help you when driving, staring at a computer or using your cell phone. The light that reflects into our eyes while we are doing these activities can cause huge headaches. Please remember, that even with sunglasses you should be sure that they are complete with an anti-glare coating.
- When recovering from an eye disease, regular wearers of contact lenses will be instructed to wear their glasses for the duration of the recovery process. In the case of people who have never needed eyewear before, the eye disease may result in the need for eyeglasses, as is the case for cataract and glaucoma sufferers.
- When one’s distance vision begins to change in weird and unexpected ways and suddenly you can see well at one distance and yet another is almost impossible and a third distance is blurred completely, it is time for multifocal glasses, which will ensure that you need only one pair of eyeglasses to see at a variety of ranges of vision.
Let’s sum up. In all five headache-causing cases, prescription eyeglasses, in one form or another, were the solution. Therefore, if you’re suffering from headaches, shouldn’t you head out to get your latest eyeglasses prescription today?