Here's how to tell if you damaged your eyes during the eclipse

You're not making up that headache

You're not making up that headache

Here's how to tell if you damaged your eyes during the eclipse

You're not making up that headache

The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017 has come and gone. Likely, you looked at the sun during it (you weren’t supposed to). Now, your head hurts (you’re not imagining it). You’re worried about eye damage (you’re probably fine). But here’s how to tell if you’re not.It takes about 12 hours to tell whether or not any permanent damage has occurred, professor emeritus of optometry and vision science at the University of Waterloo Ralph Chou told NPR. The kind of retinal damage caused by looking at this kind of eclipse isn’t painful, so you have to rely on other symptoms to know if damage was incurred: blurred vision, a spot (or multiple spots) at the center of your field of vision, or a clear spot.Again, the chances you’ve actually caused serious damage are minimal, chief of ophthalmology at Englewood Hospital Jacob Chung explains to USA Today. The sun isn’t any more damaging during an eclipse than it is on any non-historical-eclipse-filled day, but you’re more tempted to look at it, hence all the panic: "If you look at it for a second or two, nothing will happen. Five seconds, I'm not sure, but 10 seconds is probably too long, and 20 seconds is definitely too long.”Still, if you’re worried, you have reason to be:Any damage in this realm is likely irreversible, ophthalmologist Sweta Kavali said in a Saint Louis University video. If you are concerned, go see an optometrist or, ideally, an ophthalmologist.

The has come and gone. Likely, you looked at the sun during it (). Now, your head hurts (). You’re worried about eye damage (you’re probably fine). But here’s how to tell if you’re not.

It takes about 12 hours to tell whether or not any permanent damage has occurred, professor emeritus of optometry and vision science at the University of Waterloo Ralph Chou told . The kind of retinal damage caused by looking at this kind of eclipse isn’t painful, so you have to rely on other symptoms to know if damage was incurred: blurred vision, a spot (or multiple spots) at the center of your field of vision, or a clear spot.

Again, the chances you’ve actually caused serious damage are minimal, chief of ophthalmology at Englewood Hospital Jacob Chung explains to . The sun isn’t any more damaging during an eclipse than it is on any non-historical-eclipse-filled day, but you’re more tempted to look at it, hence all the panic: "If you look at it for a second or two, nothing will happen. Five seconds, I'm not sure, but 10 seconds is probably too long, and 20 seconds is definitely too long.”

Still, if you’re worried, you have reason to be:Any damage in this realm is likely irreversible, ophthalmologist Sweta Kavali said in a video. If you are concerned, go see an optometrist or, ideally, an ophthalmologist.

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