My pupils are differnt sizes?!?!


Question: k im really scared..cuz i just noticed this now.. my left eye..the pupil takes up alot of the eye..like not the whole thing but it is bigger....but in my left eye right now its a normal size (but still smaller then my right eye) and my left eye..when i was out side it was REALLY small while my right eye was big..i jus tnoticed this now..i dont think it was there b4..but im really scared..cuz for about a month now ive realized my right eye im like far sighted.. i cant small writing close out of it..you think that has somethin to do with it cuz imight b strainin my eye?... right now i dont wear glasses... but im like scared that im like going blind are somethin!!! but its not REALLY bad...like soem ppl are permanently diagnosed wit somethin right? like they were born with really distinctable 2 different eyes/pupils... while my eyes you cant ntice unless i point it out.. i know i need to see my eye doctor.i wil.but im just wondering if this has ever hapen 2 any one OR ne 1 knows wht it is


Answers: k im really scared..cuz i just noticed this now.. my left eye..the pupil takes up alot of the eye..like not the whole thing but it is bigger....but in my left eye right now its a normal size (but still smaller then my right eye) and my left eye..when i was out side it was REALLY small while my right eye was big..i jus tnoticed this now..i dont think it was there b4..but im really scared..cuz for about a month now ive realized my right eye im like far sighted.. i cant small writing close out of it..you think that has somethin to do with it cuz imight b strainin my eye?... right now i dont wear glasses... but im like scared that im like going blind are somethin!!! but its not REALLY bad...like soem ppl are permanently diagnosed wit somethin right? like they were born with really distinctable 2 different eyes/pupils... while my eyes you cant ntice unless i point it out.. i know i need to see my eye doctor.i wil.but im just wondering if this has ever hapen 2 any one OR ne 1 knows wht it is

Well, first of all, make an appointment to see an eye doctor now. Specifically a neuro-ophthalmologist if you can without a referral. If not, any eye doctor will do and they can always refer you to the necessary specialist if need be.

There are a number of conditions that cause your pupils to react irregularly and some of them can definitely come on spontaneously without you being aware of something wrong before.

Do you have any other signs or symptoms? You said that you feel like your right eye can't focus on smaller print right now? Definitely mention that to your doctor. That is a biggie.

Do you have paralysis of any your facial muscles or does your eyelid seem to be drooping? Are you using any type eyedrops?

True, some people do have pupils of unequal size and it's nothing to worry about. It's called anisocoria. But with anisocoria, the pupil sizes are not very distinctly different (usually only about 1mm difference) and size difference is the same whether you're in a dark room or a bright room.

For the most part, if you are young and healthy and have had no eye surgeries or trauma to your eyes, your pupils should be of relative similar size.

Now go make your eye appointment!

Addition: In response to the person below: Your eyes are connected. So if there is more light shining in one eye, yes it will constrict, but the other pupil will also in response, constrict as well. UNLESS, there is a problem where the signals from one eye is not traveling to the fellow eye. In which case, one pupil will constrict, and the other pupil will remain dilated. There is no such thing thing as your eyes having different pupil sizes due to an astigmatism.

well the same thing happend to me and it scared the crap out of me lol and just 2 days ago i went to the eye doctor and he said i have somthing called a sigmatism and its not anything bad so dont worry about it:) it just means that you have to wear glasses full time and i got eye strain to witch caused my head achs.and dont worry about the pupil thing my eye doctor said every person that needs or has glasses have diffrent sizes of pules.also your pupils dialate(get smaller) when the sun is shining in them and and they get larger in the dark because you have to be able to see more things in the dark:) maby the sun was shining in one eye and not as much in the other.Or your just scareing yourself witch i do ALL the time lol so dont worry its perfectly normal:)





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