Sunlight hurts my eyes and gives me a headache

If I am out on a bright sunny day if I look into the direction of the sun it causes severe pain and sets off severe headaches. I often have to stay in the shade to avoid getting these horrible headaches. They are most severe in the summer. Is this normal?

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  • dust_star

    sgbslp is right, i have the same problem, and my teacher said it was cause' my eyes were blue adn that they are extremely sensitive to sunlight, the worst thing is i wear contacts so the headaches hurt, plus my eyes burn and water. All you have to do is get sunglasses, just like what everyone else already said :)

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  • ladyred

    Don't worry about it. Visit a neurologist to give you something for migraine. It's normal for people with "headache" problems. I suffer from the same thing. Aside from light and heat, noise adds up. After neuro, visit an ophthalmologist and you'll be fine.

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  • sgbslp

    Usually people with blue eyes are sensitve to the sun. I have it. It's called photophobia. It makes my eyes tear severely.

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  • I have the same thing, I have green eyes though. It's photophobia. Sometimes indoor lights even hurt and bother me. I invested in a large pair of sunglasses and it helps the symptoms. Even if I have to wear them indoors.

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  • Poopgadget

    Yeah probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.

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  • jrphotographer

    Me too

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  • iminmyunderwear

    My mum has that... Tesserman seems to be on to something. It has something to do with being sensitive with uv light. All she does is wear sunglasses too, but she's really picky about which ones work and stuff. It's nothing that will compromise your fun, we live on sunny Islands and she doesn't suffer.

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  • Tesserman

    I have a friend with this sake problem! It's a rare eye condition that makes your eyes sipersemsitive to light. Whenever he goes outside at day, he always wears sunglasses and of seems to work. Not sure of he does anything else too, bit that's what I have notieed. It isn't very normal, but it has happened before, so there are other out there with the same problem, it just that it's a bit rare.

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  • you have migraines triggered by something. the sun is probably a trigger. go see your doctor they can help you. I suffered the unbearable pain of migraines for years before seeing a doctor. now I can take medicine at the onset of one and it goes away. bad thing is no OTC medicine works. good luck

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