Overview
- Dispensing optician Khuram Sarwar of Feel Good Contacts highlighted photophobia today as a common neurological sensitivity that can interfere with daily life.
- He cautioned that light sensitivity may indicate serious eye or neurological disorders, including cataracts, glaucoma and even meningitis.
- Frequent triggers of photophobia include migraines, dry eyes, wearing contacts for too long and certain medications.
- Symptoms can manifest as excessive squinting or blinking, watery eyes, head or eye pain under bright light, severe headaches and dizziness.
- Sarwar recommends lenses with transition tints, blue-light filters or polarized coatings and stresses the importance of prompt professional assessment to identify underlying causes.