This might be a dumb question...but I've been curious for years?!
Question: I had perfect vision until I was twenty. Now I get new glasses every two years and the perscription is always stronger. My mom had a similar problem at a similar age and ended up with very strong bi-focals. I know nothing can be done to prevent this, but what is causing this?
Answers: I had perfect vision until I was twenty. Now I get new glasses every two years and the perscription is always stronger. My mom had a similar problem at a similar age and ended up with very strong bi-focals. I know nothing can be done to prevent this, but what is causing this?
Our eyes change shape/lose focus as we age. The ability to scan and focus decreases. And as you get stronger and stronger prescriptions, the eyes lose even more ability.
It's getting more prevalent these days with people spending hours staring at the computer with their eyes in a fixed focus.
May I recommend the Bates method. It's a series of eye exercises which work with the focusing and scanning capabilities. I started using it when I got one of the aforementioned computer jobs, and it helped significantly.
http://www.i-see.org/bates_nutshell.html
I'm the only one in my family who doesn't wear glasses.
Very common, many folks I know have been on that trend for ages... As long as the eye doctor is checking your eyes during the new prescriptions for any diseases then you are typical, and healthy, don't sweat it...
I bet you got pregnant at 20. You can get Lasik surgery. You have to be at least 23 when your cornea is stabilized
its all due to age and genes.
Older you get, the more you start to naturally wear out.
Your genetics just require you to wear glasses :/
But they say if you drink alot of water it should help?
honestly, and i'm not *completely* sure on this, but it's probably just a genetic issue, thats all. just a premature blindness. It's not uncommon, it happens to a lot of people. i'm not saying you're gonna go blind, but you might just loose your eyesight to the extent that your mother has.
Depends on how your vision is changing. Most everyone will end up with bifocals around age 40. Your eye muscles weaken just like other muscles of your body. It takes them longer to expand and contract to allow you to see far away and then close up. Bifocals give the eye the ability to see near without straining to contract and focus.
Usually in your early 20s your distance vision will change a little. You mention that it is getting stronger, but don't say by how much. If there is a significant jump (a diopter or more) you should talk to your doctor. There could be other health problems that is triggering the RX change (diabetes can cause vision to go "up and down"). However, don't go running to your doctor and say that someone on Yahoo said you have diabetes. I'm not saying that. I'm saying that you need to talk with your doctor. Chances are your vision has only changed .25 or .50 and that is just normal change for your age.
It might be presbyopia. Your eyes focus by the lenses in them actually changing shape. As you get older, the lenses get less flexible so it's harder to see up close. This is a problem EVERYONE has when they reach a certain age, though 20 seems very young.
And it is a progressive problem, up to a point. I mean the problem gets continuously gets worse until it reaches a certain point, and then it slows down.
I just made the transition to bifocals myself. I never needed glasses for far vision, only for reading, and the cheap supermarket glasses did fine for me. But my eyes continued to get worse so finally I went to an eye doctor, and she told me presbyopia was now affecting my far vision too. I have to say, though, the bifocals work very well for me.
don't know if I can answer your question or not. The first thing I would ask you are your eating habits similar to your mothers? I still believe we are what we eat. Buts that where I would start if you can't find an answer elsewhere. Good luck I wish you the best.
I can tell you EXACTLY why this is becuase my eye doctor told me when I saw him years ago with a slight astigmatism and I thought I should get glasses. First, I didn't think that I really really needed them because my astigmatism was slight but I thought they;d look cool for work.
My eye doctor said he thought I could go either way- I could get glasses- but ONCE I START there;s no going back. The eye is a muscle and the glasses essentially weaken the muscle- it doesn;t have to work as hard and it gets weaker and weaker as time goes on and that is why you essentially grow out of your perscription. He advised me to hold off as long as I can without getting glasses. BEcause it never gets better, only worse. Long story short- 15 years later I still don't have glasses but if I had chosen that route back then I would certainly be on at least my 7th or so upgrade in perscription.
Now you should know that I always have loved to read in low light. I always drove my mother CRAZY and she thought I'd damage my eyes that way. It was always my opinion that I was strengthening my eye muscles to read in low light. well the proof is in the pudding because I am the only member of my 5 person family WITHOUT glasses. And I'm 42.
Hope this was a good helpful answer!