The Sunlight and my Eyes?!
Question: The Sunlight and my Eyes?
This morning, when I was sleeping, my head was towards the sunlight and as the sun moved it moved to a point where it was directly shining into my eyes, that when I woke up I saw into the sun.
I don't know how long it's been like that, but I know the sun can damage you eyes, and my eyes have been getting really bad lately, and I don't want it to get worse under these circumstances, where there's a chance for it to get worse exponentially at such a short time.
so is there a chance that the sunlight damaged my eyes even though my eyes were closed?
I really hope I wasn't under the sun for too long, my parents arn't helping either...
Answers:
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Your eyelids don't stop the sun completely so you are able to tell when the sun is towards you but they do protect you. When you woke up you will have been seeing the sun through glass - so although you will get an image from the brightness your eyes are protected, certainly with your eyes closed as well your eyes aren't going to be damaged. You seem very worried about your eyes - is it that your perscription is just getting worse? That does happen as you grow and whilst a nuisance isn't a cause for being really worried about your eyes. It tends to stabilize in your 20's and very few people have eyesight so bad it can't be corrected by glasses. The issue with teh sun damaging your eyes is about tissue damage - wholly from the problem of your eyesight getting worse as you grow which is about your eyeball being the wrong shape. It is UV rays which do the damage and glass absorbs UV rays which aren't visible as light to your eye.
Your eye lids are fairly thin and we can see light through our lids, including sun light and light from a light bulb if you look at it. Neither will cause permanent damage if our eyes are closed and/or we are indoors and don't stare at the light source for long periods of time. Most of us would have severe Vision problems if just glancing directly at the sun caused eye damage.
If your teenager and have not yet gotten past puberty, it is certainly possible that your vision could change in a short time. If your parents are refusing to make an appointment with an eye specialist for an exam, you might want to enlist the aid of a teacher or another adult that would speak to your parents and explain how important it is for you to get an eye exam. If it is interfering with you school work, definitely speak to a teacher. I'm sure your parents wouldn't you failing in school due to poor eyesight.