Halos in vision at night- struggling to drive.

[Treez21]

Hi, please help. Dh has been getting halos in his vision at night. It did happen a couple of times a few years ago, then nothing until now, when it's been most nights. Is it just stress? He's incredibly stressed, working constantly and very little sleep. Gp looked in eye and suggested blood test. Our town has an urgent eye care hospital which triages via the phone. Should he call them first thing? He has no pain, but does need to drive at night. He's really panicking as it's come on over the weekend when he doesn't feel he's stressed with work, but I explained that stress doesn't just switch on and off. Please help!

The eye hospital didn't want to see him at this stage. Emergency opticians on Friday.

@Treez21

The eye hospital didn't want to see him at this stage. Emergency opticians on Friday.

Good luck. I have an urgent eye exam on Wednesday for the same thing. I’ll report back, if you think it would be helpful?

I’d be calling an optician for advice, you can often get advice quicker that way.

@Pushkinia good luck! Yes, please report back.

It's back again today. He says it seems foggy too. I've rand everywhere and nobody can see him. One place advised a&e. Have to wait for the appointment at specsavers on Friday. Bloods on Thursday.

@Roselilly36. Hahaha. I was a bit confused there. I thought maybe I'd misread the title, especially as your second post was on a new page, and I was on a small pets thread. 😂 I'm glad you clarified. 😀

Halos can be the result of cataracts as can cloudy vision. Are colours starting to fade a bit? Does he have diabetes or high blood pressure as that can contribute as well.

Opticians is a good call. It might also be stress related though, I went through a period of having 'vertiginous migraines', so migraine without the headache, blurred vision, spots before eyes, dizziness etc and it was eventually diagnosed as that. My job at the ye was very stressful. Changed jobs and it stopped. I've just gone through a very stressful time again recently and they started again. Just be aware that when I mentioned to the dr I was struggling when driving they formally advised me to stop driving until it was resolved.

Don't underestimate the impact of stress. But get his eyes tested too.

Good luck!

Well he's now saying vision is milky and the eye is pulsating. I tried so hard to get him in somewhere yesterday but couldn't. Luckily he's en route to an appointment now. He had a health check not long ago and they always comment on his excellent blood pressure. No diabetes that we know of. Does sound like cataracts from my googling, but who knows. I'm really worried now. He only has one fully functioning eye.

But yes, stress is a killer! At least we can know if the pressure in his eyes is OK.

If it's cataracts, they can operate on those.
Or it might be something simpler such as a change of prescription. If he wears glasses presumably he has an annual check up so he won't have had this condition for long. I'm sure he'll be fine.
And yes, stress fucks everything in the body up!

So eye pressure is really high. He's going to hospital to have it drained???

surgery is very unusual.

usually it's treated with soecific eye drops.

but at the eye hospital they might want to look closer at the optic nerves to see if they are damaged.

your dh might need to declare to dvla about this.

and it usually is a long term treatment plan.

Thank you for the information. This is really upsetting.

I know, it's quite a shock.

but it's good that he is being seen so quickly.
hopefully it's at a stage when it can still be treated and he will be able to see properly at night again.

good luck with it all!

Glad he's being sorted now!

That sounds like a type of glaucoma. There is a useful page on the NHS website about it and the differences between the more usual type and sudden onset.

Sounds like acute aka “closed angle” glaucoma.

There is medication (eye drops, tablets) that can help, or they may go straight to a laser (or surgical) iridotomy.

There is a chance his vision will return to normal as the pressure drops.

He's had drops etc. Laser surgery tomorrow.

@Treez21

He's had drops etc. Laser surgery tomorrow.

I'm so glad you managed to get an earlier appointment and he's having appropriate treatment. Good luck with the laser treatment.

Thanks for the update, I entered how your husband was doing. I'm glad you now know what's wrong, and he's getting the treatment he needs. I Hope he recovers quickly.

An optician would probably see him quickly.
But a warning - he shouldn't drive if he's having known issues, even if not diagnosed. His insurance might be invalidated.