If you experience any eye changes you should immediately visit an ophthalmologist or optometrist, even if you saw an eye doctor recently.  Changes may include:

• Severe, sudden eye pain
• Blurred vision
• Rainbows or halos around lights
• The need for frequent changes in eyeglasses
• Discomfort caused by bright lights
• Flashes of light or sudden bright floating spots
• Seeing floating “spider webs”
• Double vision
• Sudden sensitivity to lights
• Swollen, red eyes
• Itching, burning, or a heavy discharge in the eyes
• White areas in the pupil of the eye
• Flashing lights or any loss of vision, pain or discomfort.

Other “warnings” or indications of a vision problem may include your becoming:

• More accident-prone (consistently bumping into furniture, missing a curb, or knocking things over)
• Less active, withdrawn, or dependent
• Unable to read the newspaper (even with the help of newly prescribed lenses)
• Unable to notice stains on clothing
• Disinterested in watching television or reading

• Involved in frequent near or actual road accidents and/or apparent discomfort in driving.