I AM SERIOUSLY WORRIED PLEASE ONLY EXPERTS ANSWERS !!!!!!!?ok this is my question, first of all I am 15 years old, second of olf i have been using glasses since i was 7 years because of myopia . the thing is that know I continue using using glasses but my level of myopia is mora than -6.00 diopters (7.00 in the right eye and 7.95 in the left eye to be exactly)
now, I have reading about this illness and i found out about pathological and high miopia and i was SCARED LIKE HELL when i read that that kind of ilness presents a level of myopia like mine and that that may cause to go blind !!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANTED TO SHOUT AS SOON AS I READ THAT!!!!!!!!!
now my questions are the following:
* will i become blind in the future ? will my myopia advance and i will end up being blind ?????
*if the answer is yes : can i do something to stop it ????????? ( if this is the answer i am gonna go mad)
*if the answer is no : goooooooodddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =) =) =) =), but even so : what is the worst thing that might happen to my eyes??
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I would also like to know about eye surgery (to heal myopia)
* what is this all about ???
*is there a risk of becoming blind ?????
*how much is it ???
YES I know i should have looked this on the internet and i did so , but i want to know what if someone can help me
PLEASE EXPERTS ANSWERS ONLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
PD : BY THE WAY, SORRY ABOUT MY GRAMMAR OR SPELLING I AM NOT A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER !!!!!!! ( I AM PERUVIAN)
Posted by Emily
if you're that concerned.. get an eye exam
oh & do you have astigmatism?
sometimes contact lenses help because it doesn't have minor problems that glasses cause
on your glasses do you have polycarbonate (makes lenses thinner) because you do have a high cylinder
tip: continue properly wearing your glasses, naturally for most people with glasses your prescription can get higher or lower, no one can really predict since its all generic
Posted by Jmax
You have a higher than average chance of retinal detachment if your prescription is higher than -6.00. However that doesn't mean the chance is extremely high. Most people with high myopia never develop any serious problems. There are people out there with higher than -15.00.
Your vision will probably stabilize by the time you reach 20. Your prescription might have increased a little by that time but you won't go blind. If your prescription increases beyond -9.00 you might not be a suitable candidate for lasik surgery but there are other options.
Posted by Sarek of Vulcan
Laser does NOT heal myopia, not even a bit. It makes you see well without glasses because it changes the shape of your cornea and turns it into a corrective lens. Myopia is caused by the abnormal length of the eye. No laser or other surgery can modify that length, that's why a myopic eye will always be myopic (i.e. too long) even after the most successful surgery. Perfect vision will only be the result of having a cornea which functions as a corrective lens, so nothing will change as to the risks of becoming blind. It's unlikely that you'll become blind because that's a rare occurrence. However you have to do all you can to stop your myopia and improve it at least a little bit. Let's see how.
A -7.00 myopia at your age is unusual and it's likely that a genetic factor is somehow involved. But with very few exceptions, genetics is never the only cause of myopia. If you start using the right glasses at the right moment, you can slow down the progression of your myopia and maybe stop its worsening.
Unfortunately no one will help you, especially not eye doctors, optometrists and opticians. Sad but true. You are experiencing the same thing that happened to billions of people since glasses became a widely used method to "correct" nearsightedness (also referred to as myopia). The problem is that glasses "correct" myopia instantaneously and if your eyesight gets worse you'll be given stronger glasses which in turn will become weak and so on until your mid 20's. Glasses work perfectly, so why bother ?. Well, let me say that's madness.
Glasses for myopia can be extremely harmful to the eyes unless they are used properly.
When you have an eye test they ask you to read the letters on a chart which is many 20 feet away ( 6 meters) and that's correct because a myope has problems with distant things and the more distant a thing is, the blurrier the vision. But who spends all their time looking at things that are so far away ? No one, and that's why the glasses usually given to myopes are excellent to see distant things but are definitely too strong for everyday use. Here's explained one of the main reasons for declining eyesight : wrong glasses. It's true that a myope up to -3 can comfortably read a book with his/her glasses on, but only because the eyes make an effort to compensate those glasses which in that specific circumstance are too strong. That effort is called over-accommodation and it's the real cause of myopia. A young person who has perfect eyesight can easily become myopic if he/she spends most of the time looking at things that are too close. Constant over-accommodation leads to myopia. When one becomes myopic, the use of wrong glasses (i.e.. too strong for a specific task) leads to over-accommodation and to more myopia. For instance many boys/girls keep books too close when they read/study. It's not necessary, it's just a bad habit that may ruin their eyesight over the years
A considerate eye doctor/optometrist/optician should tell their young patients that glasses are not to be used unless they are necessary. When a myope can see fairly well without them, they must not use them. For example many young myopes do not need glasses for reading and writing, because for such a small distance their natural eyesight is more than enough. In your situation you can never avoid glasses or contacts, it's obvious. So what else can you do ? The keyword is "undercorrection" i.e. weaker glasses. Your current glasses are too strong for many short-distance activities such as reading, studying, computer, etc.
If you have older glasses they are probably weaker. Use them. The weaker the better, provided they allow you to see clearly enough without staying too close to what you are looking at (distance must never be less than 30 centimeters/12 inches)
When the doctor gives you new and stronger glasses, take them but use them as little as needed, i.e. when you really need a very good eyesight (looking at the board, outdoors activities, etc). Whenever you can, use weaker glasses. That's extremely important if you want to avoid further worsening of your eyesight. Even when using weaker glasses, always remember to stay as distant as possible from what you are looking at. In fact it's useless to wear undercorrection if you stay closer than necessary to what you are looking at.
I also recommend you to read this book which I found very interesting and informative about myopia and its causes . It includes also a visual training method that has helped to improve my eyesight a lot (currently I'm -1.00 from an initial -3.75)
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Perfect-Vision-Prevent-Nearsightedness/dp/1556436777/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254924159&sr=1-1
And this is the forum
http://www.powervisionforum.com/forum/forum.php
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