Get Virtual Care
Visual halos around lights
Seeing a halo around lights is a clinical finding in which bright lights are surrounded by a halo, or circle of additional light. This can occur with cataracts and with migraines.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
14 year experience in family medicine
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Body locations
Is Symptom of
Related questions
A 22-year old female asked:
Headaches, vision change, floaters, visual snow, halos, starburts and glare could all of these symptoms combined be brain related ?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 45-year old asked:
Are halos and night glares worse after lasek?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 40-year old asked:
Seeing halos around lights, is this normal? What does it indicate?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
A 47-year old asked:
What causes me to see halos around lights and have white splotchy vision?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 49-year old asked:
Can there be any eyedrops for curing starbursts,glares and halos at night ?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 25-year old female asked:
I was diagnosed with iritis 2.5 years ago and lately I have been seeing light halos.?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 30-year old asked:
Is it normal for hard contacts to cause halos?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 37-year old asked:
What are causes of having cloudy vision and seeing halos?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 29-year old male asked:
treatment for halos and glares?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 46-year old asked:
How can i get rid of halos in my vision?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A member asked:
what makes halos and technicolored spots in my daughters vision?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 26-year old male asked:
Had ICL surgery b4 2weeks my big problem the halos in night i used Pilocarpin 4% and its efficient to remove halos ..is this normal or i have prolm?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 31-year old male asked:
what causes halos post lasik?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 33-year old asked:
Are halos and night glares worse after lasik?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 37-year old asked:
Are halos and night glares always worse after lasik?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
A 41-year old asked:
Please tell me, are halos and night glares worse after lasik?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
A 72-year old female asked:
cataract/lazik surgery 1 yr. ago. Still seeing halos day and night. ?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 21-year old male asked:
Hi,i have done my lasik surgery 3 weeks before but still see starbust and glare and halos. Is it normal? Is this problem correct after some time?
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
A 59-year old female asked:
Waht causes halos around the eyes?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 35-year old asked:
What causes eye pain and seeing halos around lights?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 16-year old male asked:
Regarding contact lenses, halos and bluryness on one eye?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
A 40-year old asked:
Why is it that I see halos around lights when I'm wearing contacts but not glasses?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 28-year old female asked:
I don't sit in the sun or go outside much. I got about 30-40 new moles in a short time. I am 28 and have alot already and halos moles too, is?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
A 50-year old asked:
What to do if I have cloudy vision and there are halos and rainbows around lights?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 47-year old asked:
What causes blurred vision and halos to happen after iridotomy?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
A member asked:
What is the cause(s) of halos in short sightedness especially in 3rf trimester of pregnancy ie. 34 weeks.?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 38-year old asked:
Been experiencing vision problems like halos. What age do cataracts appear?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 30-year old asked:
When i woke up my eyes were blurry and all lights were refracting into halos of rainbows? Why?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 48-year old asked:
What can be causing me to have cloudy vision, as well as seeing halos and rainbows around lights?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
A 22-year old male asked:
I've always, since childhood, seen halos and glares at night. I always thought it's normal. Is it, or should I have my eyes checked?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
