You may have foggy or cloudy vision suddenly when you wake up, or it can come and go.
It can make it seem like youre looking through a haze.
This article describes common and rare causes of cloudy vision and how they are treated.
Verywell / Nez Riaz
Many are not a reason to worry, but some can be serious.
Here’s what to know about conditions that can cause cloudy vision in one eye.
Floaters
Eye floatersare one of the most common causes of cloudy and blurry vision.
Floaters look like squiggly lines, blobs, or other shapes moving across your line of vision.
In most cases, floaters are resulting from changes in the eye that come with aging.
They are nothing to worry about and will go away on their own.
The clumps look like cloudy spots on the lens of the eye, which are calledcataracts.
If you have mild cataracts, you may not have symptoms at first.
But eventually, cloudy visionthe most recognizable sign of the conditionoccurs.
Your eye may also look cloudy to others.
It triggers when cells in the inner corneal layer die off.
Fluid builds up on the cornea, blurring or clouding a person’s vision.
There are two stages of Fuchs' dystrophy.
In the first stage, you may not have any symptoms.
One of the first symptoms is cloudy vision when you wake up in the morning.
It can cause cloudy vision or vision loss.
Stroke
A stroke is bleeding in your brain.
you might also have astroke in your eye.
This kind of stroke happens when there is not enough blood getting to your optic nerve.
Sudden changes to your vision can be a sign of a stroke or an eye stroke.
Depending on where the bleeding is, you may have blurry or cloudy vision or lose your vision altogether.
They may wake up and not be able to see out of one eye at all.
Learn the acronym F.A.S.T.
A brain tumor can cause blurry or cloudy vision, seeing double, or complete vision loss.
Sometimes, the tumor starts in the brain.
Other times, its from cancer in another part of the body that has spread (metastasized).
Vision changes are not usually the only signs of a brain tumor.
People often have headaches, dizziness, and changes to their other senses (like speech).
What Is Cloudy Vision in One Eye Like?
Though they may sound similar, there is a difference between “cloudy” and “blurry” vision.
More serious causes of cloudy vision include macular degeneration, diabetes, and rare problems like a stroke.
Get medical attention if you have cloudy vision and other signs and symptoms of a more serious condition.
American Academy of Ophthalmology.What is Fuchs dystrophy?
national Institutes of Health.Age-related macular degeneration.
National Eye Institute.Diabetic retinopathy.
American Stroke Association.Let’s talk about stroke and vision changes.
American Stroke Association.Stroke symptoms.
Moffitt Cancer Center.Can brain tumors affect your vision?.
National Institutes of Health.Finding An Eye Doctor.
National Institute on Aging.
national Institutes of Health.Aging and Your Eyes.
American Academy of Ophthalmology.Fuchs dystrophy treatment.
