Will my eyesight continue to get worse?!
Question: Will my eyesight continue to get worse!?
I've had glasses since I was in first grade!. Now I'm 15 and my contact prescription is -4!.00!. Every year I have to get a checkup and get new contacts/glasses that are even stronger!. Will they keep on worsening throughout my life or will they even out when I'm older!? I can never do anything without glasses/contacts because everything is so fuzzy!.
My family history is very good - I have much worse vision than my parents, both in their fifties!. They've only had to get glasses in recent years and don't wear them full time!. Other relatives do wear glasses but don't have it as bad as me!. My brother has the condition leber's hereditary optic neuropathy and is legally blind, if anyone is familiar with the disease, but glasses don't do anything for that!.
Anyway, I'm just kind of worried because it seems like my eyes are always getting worse!.!.!.it's kind of worrying!. Any help/advice would be appreciated, thanks!Www@Answer-Health@Com
My family history is very good - I have much worse vision than my parents, both in their fifties!. They've only had to get glasses in recent years and don't wear them full time!. Other relatives do wear glasses but don't have it as bad as me!. My brother has the condition leber's hereditary optic neuropathy and is legally blind, if anyone is familiar with the disease, but glasses don't do anything for that!.
Anyway, I'm just kind of worried because it seems like my eyes are always getting worse!.!.!.it's kind of worrying!. Any help/advice would be appreciated, thanks!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Eye doctors are often responsible for sad stories like yours!.
Most of them never tell their patients to follow a few simple rules that could dramatically slow down the progression of nearsightedness!.
Prescription glasses are surely useful and often necessary but if used improperly they can turn into your worst enemy!.
The doctor gave you a -4!.00 prescription because you need that power to see distant things clearly and there's nothing wrong with it!. But you don't spend all your life looking at things that are 20 ft away!. That means that every time you use your glasses/contact lenses to look at closer things you strain your eyes!. The closer a thing is (such as a book) ,the more you strain your eyes and that's why your vision tends to get worse each year!.
The first rule for nearsighted people is that they should never use glasses/contact lenses in all those circumstances when they can see well without them!.
The second rule is that they should use undercorrection if they really need glasses for close-up tasks (such as reading books,computer,etc!. ) !.
Most shortsighted people can write and read without glasses and many can even use the computer without putting them on!. Those who can do such things but use glasses all the same, are torturing their eyes without even knowing it!.
Your -4!.00 myopia surely allows you to read books without glasses or contact lenses!. Don't use them!.
You can't use the computer without them but you should not use your -4!.00 lenses!. You need undercorrection, and -2!.50 lenses (-3!.00 at most) should be enough to see the computer monitor clearly!.
You should limit the use of your -4!.00 glasses/contacts to outdoor activities only, because you need that power for long distance , not to see things that are 10 feets away!. When you are at home you should use not more than -3!.50 glasses/contacts!.
Also remember that close-up activities would be potentially harmful to your vision even if you were a person with perfect eyesight!. As a matter of fact that is why most people become nearsighted!. Glasses are obviously not the cause of myopia (since nobody is born with glasses) but they are often responsible for its getting worse!.
Taking off your glasses/contacts or using undercorrection won't help you if you stay too close to a book or to the computer or to whatever you are doing!. Even with undercorrection or without glasses at all, you have to stay as far away as possible from what you are doing, otherwise your efforts to slow down your condition will be in vain (for example if wihout glasses you can read a book up to a distance of 10 inches, you should not go below that)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Most of them never tell their patients to follow a few simple rules that could dramatically slow down the progression of nearsightedness!.
Prescription glasses are surely useful and often necessary but if used improperly they can turn into your worst enemy!.
The doctor gave you a -4!.00 prescription because you need that power to see distant things clearly and there's nothing wrong with it!. But you don't spend all your life looking at things that are 20 ft away!. That means that every time you use your glasses/contact lenses to look at closer things you strain your eyes!. The closer a thing is (such as a book) ,the more you strain your eyes and that's why your vision tends to get worse each year!.
The first rule for nearsighted people is that they should never use glasses/contact lenses in all those circumstances when they can see well without them!.
The second rule is that they should use undercorrection if they really need glasses for close-up tasks (such as reading books,computer,etc!. ) !.
Most shortsighted people can write and read without glasses and many can even use the computer without putting them on!. Those who can do such things but use glasses all the same, are torturing their eyes without even knowing it!.
Your -4!.00 myopia surely allows you to read books without glasses or contact lenses!. Don't use them!.
You can't use the computer without them but you should not use your -4!.00 lenses!. You need undercorrection, and -2!.50 lenses (-3!.00 at most) should be enough to see the computer monitor clearly!.
You should limit the use of your -4!.00 glasses/contacts to outdoor activities only, because you need that power for long distance , not to see things that are 10 feets away!. When you are at home you should use not more than -3!.50 glasses/contacts!.
Also remember that close-up activities would be potentially harmful to your vision even if you were a person with perfect eyesight!. As a matter of fact that is why most people become nearsighted!. Glasses are obviously not the cause of myopia (since nobody is born with glasses) but they are often responsible for its getting worse!.
Taking off your glasses/contacts or using undercorrection won't help you if you stay too close to a book or to the computer or to whatever you are doing!. Even with undercorrection or without glasses at all, you have to stay as far away as possible from what you are doing, otherwise your efforts to slow down your condition will be in vain (for example if wihout glasses you can read a book up to a distance of 10 inches, you should not go below that)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
im in exactly the same boat as you, but im 27, my prescription is -4!.25 and -4!.50, and they get worse every year
ive worn glasses since i was 9, and contacts since i was 16, and every year (or so) i have had a new prescription!.
i dont know whether it will slow down or stop eventually!. i have looked into having laser surgery before, but due to the continual deterioration it wouldnt be worth it, as id need glasses again after a year!
Im not familiar with your brothers condition, but both my parents have bad eyes
everyones different, speak to your optician though, its nothing to worry about, its just life!
good luck - glasses are fashionable anyway! xxxWww@Answer-Health@Com
ive worn glasses since i was 9, and contacts since i was 16, and every year (or so) i have had a new prescription!.
i dont know whether it will slow down or stop eventually!. i have looked into having laser surgery before, but due to the continual deterioration it wouldnt be worth it, as id need glasses again after a year!
Im not familiar with your brothers condition, but both my parents have bad eyes
everyones different, speak to your optician though, its nothing to worry about, its just life!
good luck - glasses are fashionable anyway! xxxWww@Answer-Health@Com
Your eyes will probably keep changing until your late teens or early twenties!. Your eyes grow as the rest of your body grows!. Mine stopped changing around the end of high school/beginning of college!. I am about a -6 in one eye and a -7 in the other!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
yea same here my eyes been bad since the rst grade!. i even remember the first time I noticed my eyes getting bad but didnt understand because I was too young!. i was looking into a corner and it kept looking fuzzy and then it would look clear over and over again!. my eysight is so bad without my glasses I have to be 6 inches or alittle more to read what time is it on the cable box that horrible im 19 now im joining the navy now too!. one of the reasons i joined to was so they can hopefuly fix my eyes I remember my school counselor told me the laser eye surgerery she had was priceless!. you have to get it if you can!. i hope mines get fixed!.my dad has eyproblems but its now that his eyes got worse the opposiste is for him he cant see close to him its like black dark and far away he sees crystal clear!. he has problems reading because of this and everyyear my eyes always got worse too!. i think it has to do with when i was little and playing nintendo ifront of the tv and wasting tv so close!. alsoWww@Answer-Health@Com
people these days are hooked to computers either for d sake of a job or ve fun watever!.so if u r one of dem who uses comp den it is a problem, as u know d longer u stay d worse ur eyesight becomes!.d power not necessarily increase everyr!.in order to maintain ur present power just do some regular exercises for eyes(u sud also take a walk)and it is also necessary to maintain a healthy diet!.eat lots of carrots,fish,milk,etc also get advice 4m ur doc for more diet dat supplements ur health as well as eyes!.Be sure to massage ur eyes regularly coz it worked for a frnd of mine!.U sud give it a try!.Www@Answer-Health@Com