I am 13, do you think I have cataracts.?!


Question: I am 13, do you think I have cataracts.?
I see blurry / double from a distance. Up close no, and when I squint it goes away. I'm 13 years old.
It's in both eyes, it's light blur from a distance only and it's only bad enough so that you can't reconize detail but when I squint most of it takes away. Not nothing big that effects me badly. I also notice shines / crystals coming from sources of light such as a lightbolb as if you were to look at a lightbulb while your eyes were watery. Is this something I should worry or panic about?
why don't you think this is cataracts, I am in a bad state of anxiety and fear at the moment. If a little thing appears in my vision that's probably normal (Like looking into the light, then into the dark then it leaves a blob that fades away quickly) then I panic bad.
So please give me encouraging words, BUT THEY MUST BE TRUE! What can make me go blind all of a sudden is their any disease or what ever that can just make me go blind fast?

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It sounds like you may just need glasses. What you are describing is what it looks like when you have nearsightedness. It measn that you have trouble with distance vision. Please don't worry, just ask your mom to take you to the eye doctor so you can get your eyes tested so you can get the right glasses or contacts. The looking into the light then away and seeing a blob is totally notmal, that's just what eyes do. Cataracts will affect your vision with looking into the distance as well as close up vision so it doesn't sound like you should wortry about them at all. Try not to worry, everyting you said seems very normal. Take care!

p.s. stress can affect your nearsightendess making it slightly worse so try not to get too stressed out.

Had to get eye glasses when I was 24




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