Written By: N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe | Published : October 9, 2025 3:26 PM IST
World Sight Day 2025: Maintaining healthy eyes is crucial to living a quality of life. It not only allows you to see things through but also helps you achieve new heights. Similar to other parts of your organs, your eyes need total attention to function normally. It is even more important to consult with your doctor when you notice any changes in your eyesight.
As a part of spreading awareness on the importance of eyesight, since 2000, October 9 has been slated as World Sight Day by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). This year, World Sight Day 2025 will occur on Thursday, under the theme "Love Your Eyes."
As we draw closer to this auspicious day, let's delve deeper into some of the common yet overlooked poor eye symptoms that we experience in our daily routine.
Photophobia or light sensitivity could be a symptom of underlying eye conditions, including cataract, corneal inflammation, or infection like conjunctivitis. Therefore, do not overlook symptoms that may distract your eyesight as if it's left untreated may cause severe damage.
Another very frequent poor eye symptom that a lot of people experience is chronic tearing or dryness. Experts suggest that excessive tearing or dryness may be related to an allergy or other eye condition. Therefore, finding the root cause is highly recommended to eradicate the issue before it creates a big impact on your vision.
One of the most common eye problems is attributed to eye fatigue or strain due to excessive screen time either for work or leisure. If you experience this symptom, as often as you can remember, it is crucial for you to acquire lenses to resolve poor eye conditions.
A little severe eye condition that people may experience is double vision. Although it may seem harmless and can go away having this symptom is dangerous and must be corrected at the earliest. This condition may occur when a person has certain medical conditions like diabetes, eye muscle weakness, corneal problems or optic nerve issues.
"Diplopia, or double vision, is the separation of images vertically, horizontally, or obliquely and can be described as monocular or binocular in origin. This condition can be due to either ocular misalignment, which disappears when either eye is occluded, or to an optical problem termed monocular diplopia, which does not disappear with monocular viewing. Binocular diplopia is usually caused by ocular misalignment or strabismus that can be detected using simple clinical tests," the NIH explains. "Patients with ocular misalignment should be assessed systematically and thoroughly to uncover all potentially serious cases."
Eye pain or discomfort is also a common issue that frequently affects many people throughout their lifetime. This may often occur when your eye comes into contact with an allergen or irritant rather than some underlying serious eye disease.. This pollutant may often leave your eyes in pain, irritation, redness or grittiness.
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World Sight Day highlights the importance of eye health and promotes access to eye care services worldwide.
World Sight Day is observed on the second Thursday of October every year. In 2025, it falls on October 9.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) over 80% of vision impairment is preventable or treatable with timely intervention.
Some of the most common causes of vision loss include uncorrected refractive errors, cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.
