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8 Signs of Early Cataracts Beyond Blurry Vision

August 14, 2026 · Medical Conditions
First-person view from a car steering wheel driving at night, showing headlights and streetlights surrounded by huge halos.
Microscopic lens opacities scatter incoming light rays into luminous halos and starbursts instead of focusing them cleanly onto the retina.

1. Halos and Starbursts Around Light Sources

Microscopic lens opacities scatter incoming light rays rather than focusing them cleanly onto your retina. When you drive at night or view streetlights, this scattering creates glowing rings, luminous halos, or spiky starburst patterns around oncoming headlights. If evening traffic feels increasingly disorienting or street lamps display translucent rings, your crystalline lens may be diffusing photons unevenly.

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