Reason for pinhole test?!


Question: Reason for pinhole test?
Is it true that if you are having difficulties with your vision whether its up close or far away. If you look through a pinhole and the double or blurriness goes away then its to do with your eye like a refractive error or tiredness and not due to an eye disease, brain problem or something like that.

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Yes, that is a good sign that it is just a refractive error , but in your case, at your age, having problems to focus up close with your contacts on , most likely just means your contacts are a bit too strong.

Very often , just reducing the power by a 0.25 won't affect your distance vision but will remedy the problems of trying to focus up close.

Have you mentioned that problem to your optometrist ?

EDIT *****

Could be just an after effect from constantly straining a bit if your contacts are too strong...even when you don't have them on.

Optician



Yes. A pinhole will help you see more clearly if you have refractive error.
If a patient sees more clearly through a pinhole, he can usually be corrected with lenses.
It's a test of whether a patient can have his vision improved with lenses.

Optometrist




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