Do I have glaucoma or cataracts?

[Our-poor-guys]

I wake up with blurry eyes and I see halo around the lights.After using artificial tears my eyes has comeback to normal.Do I have glaucoma or cataracts? I'm just 17

[Vich81]

Your eyes could just be dry but it would make sense for you to get an optician’s appointment to get checked out. Also, insist they check your eye pressure as because you are young, they may not automatically check that. What makes you think it is glaucoma? Is it in your family?

[Our-poor-guys in reply to Vich81]

Thanks for the answer. I just had an IOP measure last month.It's 16 in both eyes.No one in my family has glaucoma.The reason why I think about glaucoma is because I used 3 steroid drops in three months. October is dexamethason,I used it in 15 days. After that 28 days is still dexamethason 0.1% and I used it in 10 days. Last month I used flumetholone 0.1% in 14 days.I scared that the iop still raise after the day I measured.I think I need to see my eyes doctor next week. Anyway,thank you so much for your answer.

[Orlando23]

it might be neither, but you should go and get your eyes checked by a professional to put your mind at rest.

[AlfredV]

For me, halo vision would appear when my eye pressures were 30+, then as the pressure approached 50 my vision would go misty. My eye pressures are now under control, but sometimes I still see halos shortly after getting up and it is down to dry eye. I can typically blink it away. Lubricating drops wouldn't remove a halo caused by high eye pressure so it seems more likely you are having dry eye symptoms. The halos for dry eye are subtly different from those due to high pressure - more spread out and less well defined.

It's not unusual to have dry eye shortly after waking, and even if your eyes are running it could still be dry eye. I don't think you have anything to worry about but it would be worth discussing with your eye doctor.

[Our-poor-guys in reply to AlfredV]

Thank you for your reply.

[KieranGlaucomaUK Administrator]

Hi there. It sounds like dry eyes, but I would recommend getting an appointment with the optometrist to be on the safe side of things.