Am i going to be blind by the time i'm 18 or 19??!
Question: i'm 15 right now, and my vision is -5.00 .
it stinks because i don't even watch that much tv or doing anything electronic-wise that might damage my eyes...
if i'm going -1.00 every year...at this rate, will i be blind by the time i'm 18-20?
i don't want to be blind!!!!!!!! :'[
please help me.
Answers: i'm 15 right now, and my vision is -5.00 .
it stinks because i don't even watch that much tv or doing anything electronic-wise that might damage my eyes...
if i'm going -1.00 every year...at this rate, will i be blind by the time i'm 18-20?
i don't want to be blind!!!!!!!! :'[
please help me.
I have -4.5 and i am 16. If your mum or dad have high power too or some close relative of yours has high power then its probably genetic and will stop increasing by the time you are 16 or 17. i.e. by the time you are totally grown (physically). Otherwise you might be suffering from a disorder but even then usually by the time you are 17-18 the far vision stabalizes.
GET IT FIXED.
IF YOU CAN SEE THIS CLEARLY.
we r in the same boat girlfriend! i am 14 so i am about ur age. i dont watch much tv or anything. just use the internet sometimes when i am bored. anyways i got glasses when i was in 2nd. grade so i have had them 4 almost 8 years. i am afraid 2 get contacts and my eyes r absolutely horrible. i dont think u will be blind but talk 2 ur eye doctor or regular doctor about this if u feel the need. hope this helps!
elaina
Not unless you have an eye disorder. I forget what it's called, but ask your optometrist to check if anything's wrong the next time you go for a check-up.
do u have glasses...what about laser eye surgery...dont get me wrong cozz if u cant afford it then im sure if u have problems with ur eyes the will cut it down a bit
Dear old lady.
The lens of the eye grows as we age. It gets bigger, and bigger, sort of like an onion, layer after layer. In doing so, it's ability to bend light also gets more powerful. Myopic people get more myopic because of the lens. Yes there are other reasons, but usually it's just the lens.
your vision is probably 20/20, your refraction is -5.00. That means your eyes are too powerful by +5.00. That means you are focused at 1/5 of a meter in front of you. You need -5.00 lens to move that focal point out to distance.
As you are 'young', this will continue for a little bit and eventually you'll do one of a few things. You'll get laser surgery which will help for about 3 years. By then your lens will have grown some more and you'll need -1.00 lenses on top of the laser and wish you had your $5000 back. Or you'll use contact lenses. Or you'll get some sort of lens refractive surgery with a lens insert or lens 'exchange' like is done for cataracts (foggy lens). Or you'll just wear glasses and leave those miracles you see through alone.
You can't go blind from needing glasses. Blindness is caused by eye trauma or disease, not by glasses. Watching tv, reading, computer etc etc will not make your myopia worse, it gets worse due to genetics.
Myopia (which you have) usually increases a little every year for 4-6 years then stops getting worse. Most girls find their eyes stop getting worse between age 14-16, boys stabilize between age 16 - 22.
you won't go blind, you'll reach a point where it's going to estabilize and you will be able to get surgery. mine was -7.50 when i reached 24 and it estabilized so....I got surgery and now I see perfect :)