❓ Eye Health QOTD 🔴 Are you nearsighted? Are you farsighted? Do you wear glasses, contact lenses or have you had corrective eye surgery?

@7ab3tha

5 жыл бұрын

I'm nearsighted and have astigmatism. I also have lattice degeneration and have had multiple retina detachments. My eyes hate me. 😢

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

@@7ab3tha Sorry to hear about the retinal detachments...Scleral buckles?

@7ab3tha

5 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorEyeHealth laser photocoagulation. I'm lucky my specialist is really nice and so is his assistants. They treat me very well.

@GnomeGardeners

5 жыл бұрын

Presbyopia here. My glasses are now +2.75! I’m trying something new that is exciting. Please consider doing a video on this topic. I wear one +2.5 Alcon Daily contact on my left eye to correct. Took some getting used to the whole contact lens wearing thing, and a little headache and eye fatigue but I’m adjusting. Is there a lasix surgery that can permanently make this correction? Would you suggest it? I’m enjoying your videos and learning a lot. Thank you. -Hilary

@AnthonyAndrews0128

5 жыл бұрын

I have one eye farsighted and one nearsighted. I do have reading glasses, but only if I need them, not a permanent, everyday thing. By the way, I have no idea how I discovered this channel, but it's very informative and I'm glad I subscribed :)

I kinda feel comfort seeing people having the same condition as mine. I always feel like sht with these eyes

@theintermidiatetrader

3 жыл бұрын

Thank GOD u have eyes 👀

@mxrky8383

3 жыл бұрын

@Flawsomebxrry xd no it isn’t she just tryna get u to stop using eletronics

@droxy8171

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

The plus side of being nearsighted is that everyone looks better instantly since the airbrush/blurring effect filter is permanently in the eye lolololol

@pewdavid3338

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah ... When it gets to -5 everyone is ghost

@Noah-nc5ey

4 жыл бұрын

Hey well at least we can see our phones better without glasses even though most of us still wish we could see far

@Farme-ng8im

3 жыл бұрын

Pewdavid yeah. My prescription is currently at -5.25(right eye) and -7.25(left eye) and everyone is just a colorful blob when my glasses aren’t on.

@Blue_Azure101

3 жыл бұрын

Pewdavid gives a new twist to the movie ‘sixth sense’ doesn’t it? 🤓

@minecraftthat7094

3 жыл бұрын

exactly lol

I'm severely near sighted (-12.00 in both eyes) with astigmatism. I'm in my mid 40s and my vision has never stabilised. I go to my eye test every 2 years but no one has never mentionned anything about "myopia control". I think opticians here are more concerned with selling glasses than eye health. Great video, thanks!

I’m far-sighted and watching this on my phone without glasses is already giving me a headache 😂😂

@jaquelineortiz7694

2 жыл бұрын

Bro same here

@deepakdevellore

4 ай бұрын

Same here ! Headache shit is real real

@vrec2966

8 күн бұрын

Same here😢

I'm near-sighted. This is a way better explanation than during my recent annual eye exams. Thank you!

@DoctorEyeHealth

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped!

@aprilsnow5516

Жыл бұрын

I think it's the easiest to follow description I've ever heard too. I appreciate that!

@shellyhunt4910

Ай бұрын

lol right

I have high myopia: -7.00 on the right and -6.50 on the left, as well as a little bit of astigmatism. I've been wearing glasses since age 9 and have primarily worn contact lenses since age 11 (I'm currently 17). As someone who needs vision correction all the time in order to function, I really value not having glasses on my face all the time.

@ferdelancee

2 жыл бұрын

I'm -5.75 on my right and -6.25 on my left. I'm really considering lasik surgery even though I'm afraid. I would enjoy not to have glasses on me all the time too.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Do endmyopia and wearing full minus up close is obviously worsening your vision.

@R3cce

Жыл бұрын

@@ariskava Soft contact lenses get more uncomfortable with high powers, such as high myopia.

I'm nearsighted and I wear both contacts and glasses. I can still read even tiny fonts but if it's few feet away from me, it's all a blur

@vadim292

3 жыл бұрын

You are very lucky to be able to wear contact lenses. I can wear lenses for no more than 2-3 hours, I have very dry eyes, so I always wear only glasses, for me this is the safest.

@STRANGELOVE652

3 жыл бұрын

You should get a checkup. Maybe your eyesight has changed ?

@uniquecargile5311

3 жыл бұрын

@@vadim292 try taking slippery elm bark its helps over all dryness

@vadim292

3 жыл бұрын

@@uniquecargile5311 I will definitely use your invaluable advice. Which hand should you take in the right or in the left?

@tentcentsofcinnabar

3 жыл бұрын

We kinda do the same

I'm nearsighted, and have astigmatism. I wear glasses for it.

@OzzieOzzieOzzieOyOyOy

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@ariel7024

4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@OzzieOzzieOzzieOyOyOy

4 жыл бұрын

@@joystick396 Mate, only trolls and idiots shouldn’t reproduce. I think you fit firmly into both categories.

@emil.jansson

4 жыл бұрын

Not me I have perfect vision, ok I have a litte farsightedness.

@OzzieOzzieOzzieOyOyOy

4 жыл бұрын

@@joystick396 Lmfao! You silly plonker! Keep on trollololololing!

I’m nearsighted, need my glasses for watching TV, driving or shopping. But can see really well close up to read, computer work and crocheting. At my recent eye exam I had my script written to accommodate this. The distance correction through the top of the lenses, the lower with no correction to see close up. Getting use to the transition still, so far so good 🤓👍🏻

I just found out I need glasses so I am learning everything I can about it. I am slightly far-sighted (r +0,50 l +0,25) but it is my astigmatism in my eyes that gives me headaches and sore, tired eyes every day. Thank you for making these videos so I can learn everything my eye doctor didn't tell me

This video really helped me out. I’m nearsighted with a astigmatism.

I'm long sighted with astigmatism. My vision has become worse over the past few years, where everything is blurry - especially when I'm tired and at night time. Your videos have really helped me to understand my issues. Thank you!

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

So happy to help! As somewhat reviewed in the video...farsighted individuals need to engage their eye muscles to see clearly at distance and they are more likely to experience eye fatigue from using the muscles all day.

@Akira3kgt

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like you need stronger glasses.

I'm farsighted (I wear contacts), so this video was really interesting to me! I'm currently living in South Korea. Fun fact: you might be surprised to find out that hyperopia is extremely rare among the Korean population; and as a result, many opticians here really aren't able to accurately prescribe for it at all. I was given prescriptions between +0.25 and +2.75 by various eye doctors last time I needed a check-up, and was even told by two different opticians that I have presbyopia. I have had glasses for farsightedness since I was 14! I've entirely given up now and just get my eyes tested when I visit my family back home! 🤣

@user-ws9oq9el7v

3 жыл бұрын

Im korean and farsighted. I have the same problem as you. I think its because everyone here is nearsighted... Im comfused what glasdes I should wear :(

@swardab

3 жыл бұрын

Wow they're quite lucky aren't they? 😲 I'm farsighted too..🤓

@swardab

3 жыл бұрын

@mim3 ohh.. it would be quite tough for u😕

@BriEva13

3 жыл бұрын

I'm farsided in one ehe

@brianpolley7084

2 жыл бұрын

Presbyopic since about age 46. Now need decent lighting and 1.5+ or stronger to read most normal-sized text. A privilege of getting old, just like my baldness and graying goatee. ;-)

Farsighted gang represent ✊🏼

@LitReese_

3 жыл бұрын

🤘🏽🤘🏽

Farsighted, asigmatism. Also some kind of double vision issue. Got glasses 2 weeks ago, at the age of 27. I didn't know it's not normal to see "beams" coming out of lights in the dark, or to see letters on a screen semi-double.

@magdalenamahoney5771

9 ай бұрын

LOL I thought those things were normal for a long time too! I’m also farsighted with astigmatism, and finally got an accurate prescription a year ago

I lost my glasses 4months ago . im nearsighted. My optometrist told me if i drive i said no he said thank god 😂😂😂 we both but im glaucoma suspect for right now . went to see a specialist but they say i was born with a large optic nerve .

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like your getting some excellent care!

@chivalrynik3064

2 жыл бұрын

Is that physiological cupping? My doctor also suspected glaucoma but never told again that I have glaucoma

@chivalrynik3064

2 жыл бұрын

My cup disc ratio is 0.79 do I have to worry?

6:43 "We call that 'presbyopia,' which is literally Latin for 'old eyes'." * Greek + Latin. The "presby-" part comes from the Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros), meaning "elder."

I just had to purchase both far sighted and reading glasses. This was very helpful. Thank you.

@deepakdevellore

4 ай бұрын

Can you explain further ? Why both ? Ain’t both same ?

Just got my first glasses. Tht doctor is soooo cute

Finally..I got it! Thank you for your clear explanation...

I am far-sighted and need to see my eye doctor sometime this spring. Haven't seen him in almost three years. Blurred vision. And I know I have a cataract. I love your videos.

I'm nearsighted and been wearing corrective lenses since 2005 ( 7 y/o), it runs in my maternal side of the family since I have many cousins and aunts with nearsightedness. Sometimes I wanna remember the feeling of what it is to see clearly without glasses

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Do endmyopia

I have been so confused about what exactly is going on with my eyes since starting to wear glasses so very much appreciate your clear and straightforward manner of explaining. I was told I needed glasses for reading and my computer work. So that is all I wore them for! Then I started getting tired eyes when taking them off. Went to my eye doctor who retested me and said my prescription had changed so got me different lenses. Man did I struggle with those!!! Like being in a fishbowl!!! Went back to my eye doctor who asked me if I had been wearing my first glasses all the time. I said no, just reading and computer. I said I didn't think I was meant to wear reading glasses outwith those times....to which she told me they are not reading glasses, you have a distance issue!!! This blew my mind as I have 20/20 vision (she checked) so clearly something is going on. She told me, "eyes are complicated!" I am now considering contacts for full time wear and your series on those is super helpful. Thank you.

Shortsighted here. I work in IT so I ever only needed glasses for driving and things like that. I made the jump to contact lenses a month or two ago now and it's incredible to see things so clearly. Contact Lenses is definitely the way to go for me. EAGLE EYE.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

No don’t do that because then you’re stuck wearing the contact lenses the whole day EVEN FOR CLOSE UP FOR THE WHOLE WORK DAY. Wearing minus lenses for closeup will literally give you so much more myopia.

Far sighted. 73years old. Had Right Eye Cataract surgery 12/18/19 and going for Left eye 1/8/20. Can’t believe how much right eye improved, and now can’t wait for left eye to be done. Thank you for your videos.

@yerlisaguzman4538

9 ай бұрын

bro's 73? nah bro nobody ain't listening to you.

Wow I am learning so much Thank you! I've been nearsighted since about 12 and my daughter was a few years younger when she needed glasses for the same.

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I got lucky with the nearsightedness too. I guess I could thank my mother as well. Genetics does play a factor in it. There is a increase in nearsightedness rates among children and it is theorized to be because of increased lifestyle demand on near tasks (phones, video games, school pressure, etc)

@juliebaxter7501

5 жыл бұрын

that's a shame that lifestyle is now a link. I meant to comment about the eyes changing size at adolescents that was very interesting Love all the info you share look forward to your next video!

I'm 31 and I might be nearsighted. I will have to go to my eye doctor soon because everytime I'm trying to read text on TV all the letters are blurry and when I go up close to the TV it's in focus.

Excellent video doctor. Keep up the good work.

Another great video! Thank you!!

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Susan! What did you think of the animation at the beginning? I am trying something new and would love to hear what you think.

I have only one good eye. The left is a lazy eye and corrective surgery did not work at 20 yo. I had eye exercise at age 6 to 7 years to strengthen the right eye to 20/30. I have 7 eye disorders and it is hard to fit glasses on me. I have read and done a lot of eye education. YOU have explained eye problems the BEST I have ever seen. I have been going to specialist for over 60 years and I have learned more from you in one hour. Thank you sir.

thanks for explaining farsightedness! I've always been frustrated because my vision was excellent, yet I needed glasses. At one time, my right eye was 20/15. I figured since I could see so well, that I'd be a good candidate for eye surgery. Was told by a doctor that some doctors might let me do it, but that I should probably never get it done because my cornea is too thin. Wasn't too concerned, except now that I'm older (36), my vision seems to be getting worse quicker. I assume it is due to the lens growing :(

I am 46 years old and I'm nearsighted. I had cataract surgery ( lens replacement surgery ) at the age of 40 and when I was 44 I had the laser surgery. My eye doctor joked that I had the vision of a 85 year old. My mom had cataract, too, and also both of my maternal grandparents, so I believe in my case it was hereditary.

Nearsighted. Currently wearing contacts for the past 3yrs. Before that I was wearing glasses for 14 yrs and before that contacts for 1 yr and before that glasses for 6ys. So basically I've been in corrective wear since around 10yrs old lol.

Very good information! Thank you!

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Very happy to help! Does nearsightedness run in your family?

@FamilyAdventuresTV

5 жыл бұрын

My Dad has some problems but most everyone else is pretty good. Thankful!

Thank you! For the first time I understand farsighted.👍👍👍 I have presbyopia and farsighted. I wear gradual (¿progressive?) eyeglasses. 🙂

I'm nearsighted and astigmatism And it's hard because you can't see people face if there smiling on you in a distance.

@vadim292

3 жыл бұрын

I've been wearing glasses since grade 5 and I'm already used to it, I can't do without them, now I have -4.25.

@tanyajanvier4538

3 жыл бұрын

I have that problem to I can't see faces at a distance bugs me.

@vadim292

3 жыл бұрын

@@tanyajanvier4538 Even with glasses from afar, I don't really see faces, but I recognize people by their walk. Lol

@tanyajanvier4538

3 жыл бұрын

@@vadim292 lol...sometimes I do.

@silvanafrancis4157

3 жыл бұрын

Same here it’s so frustrating ... Glasses/Contacts is Mandatory (I’m Nearsighted & have Astigmatism )

I'm far sighted, and glasses really help for close things because when I'm using electronics or reading etc too much, I get eye strain and painful strings of mucosa. The thing that really surprised me was that with them on, print etc is smaller much so much clearer, I often joke that i now see in 4k lol

@DoctorEyeHealth

2 жыл бұрын

it is funny how minus lenses do often make things seem smaller.

Hi from Greece 🇬🇷 I have myopia (near-sighted) but only on my left eye ! I have 6.75 degrees and I can't wear glasses ! Just tried lenses today for the first time and you really helped me ! Keep up Doc 😁🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

@DoctorEyeHealth

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and the awesome comment! Yes, a large difference between the two eyes makes it hard to wear glasses. Contact lenses or refractive surgery often makes a good option.

@polar1over2_5x6

4 жыл бұрын

puffiolee puff same

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Do endmyopia

i was farsighted, had reading glasses from age 9 to 24 but last year that changed i'm now nearsighted with astigmatism

@emil.jansson

4 жыл бұрын

Waterliliy wow bad luck.

@sallymay16

3 жыл бұрын

@Projectile Live i have bad migraines and they are what caused this to happen

This gave me such a better understanding of my little brothers prescription! He is pretty farsighted with an astigmatism and it’s insane that he basically had to learn how to look again without using his crystalline lens as such a crutch. He basically had to re learn how to write his letters because he (from what his ophthalmologist told us) basically learned from muscle memory and never fully grasped the way letters looked. It’s interesting to see how wearing glasses has bettered his life 😁. I too am getting glasses soon (Im slightly nearsighted so only I need them to drive and correct my astigmatism)

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely don’t wear them up close & try wearing them as little as possible. You should probably also drop the cyl (astigmatism) all together if it’s less than a diopter especially because you don’t want to be down to the final diopter of myopia (or starting, so just eliminate it and don’t worsen it) with something cumplicated like cyl or different eye strengths. Also, just learn active focusing and endmyopia and do it. You probably just have pseudomyopia rn anyways, so your ciliary muscle is in up close mode from looking up close too much, so go outside, practice distance vision, do active focusing, etc.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Wrong cumment nvm that’s for myopia

I had perfect or good vision all the way up to 15, I randomly woke up and my eye sight became blurry and has been that way ever since?

I just got an eye test today and I’m farsighted and I was wondering what it was and I’m glad I watched this video

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Happy your found it! How was your experience having your eyes tested?

@BurwellFamily2022

5 жыл бұрын

Doctor Eye Health It was different because I never had my eye tested before, my parents noticed before I did. So I decided to go get them looked at. It hurt a bit, because I straining my eyes to see. But overall it’s was a new experience.

Thanks for this explanation 🙏🏿

Can we have a video of Ortho-K contacts how they work to cure farsighted and how can it be cure kids vs adult.

When the ophthalmologist prescribed my last glasses, more than half a year had passed, I couldn't get used to them for so long and I had a headache with them at the end of the day. I'm so happy. that after about a month everything passed and I was able to get used to them, now these glasses have become my best friends for me, with whom I do not part and always wear them.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

If you’re nearsighted, take them off for up close and also just do endmyopia

I’m farsighted and can’t see anything without glasses. I was also given an astigmatism and an eye turn(esotropia I believe it’s called) but the eye only turns when there is no correction so you can see it when I don’t have glasses or contacts in

Thank you Dr. Joseph Allen

I'm actually nearsighted in one eye, and farsighted in the other. Just wondering how often this condition occurs and how does it happen? Is it typically genetic? Maybe more of a nurture type situation? Currently wear both glasses and contacts, but tend to wear my glasses more due to allergies. I was actually told by my doctor that contacts are the better option as they correct the condition better than glasses. Thank you!

@megaJBCM

3 жыл бұрын

It's called Antimetropia just like me.

@aashuandi2310

2 жыл бұрын

oh my right eye is normal but i think im nearsighted in my left eye i think bc if i try to see something a bit far with my left eye it dosent come as clearly as my right eye but if i see it up closer then ill clearly see it , but it isnt irrataing me and i can see its not entirely blurry to the fact i cant make out , its only blurrier than my right eye and sometimes i cant make out couple words clearer with my left eye. i can see normally with my eyes its just my lefy eye is a but blurry. but idk

@rajeshnaidu

2 жыл бұрын

@@aashuandi2310 Hey Andi, i have the same problem, does your problem still persists?

@aashuandi2310

2 жыл бұрын

@@rajeshnaidu yea , i dint tell my parents yet bc im still not ready , but ill tell them soon just not now , till then ill try my best to keep myself healthy.

@injustice5814

2 жыл бұрын

@@aashuandi2310 are you still under 20 because nearsightedness can increase if you don't wanna tell your parents fine go to any lens shop ask them for power check it's free at most places.. once you get results if it looks worse then it is and time to go to an eye doctor just rule out some things.

I always wondered why my weak far-sighted prescription makes such a huge difference in relieving eyestrain and yet I still see fairly well without them? I guess it helps those muscles to relax a little? If I have a sph of +0.50 but a cyl. of -0.75 x 145 - am I still considered hyperopic in that eye?

@DoctorEyeHealth

3 жыл бұрын

Well you would technically have what is called mixed hyperopic astigmatism. Not too common. The spherical equivalent is almost Plano. But I would say yes, you are just very slightly hyperopic.

I got my first contact lenses today!!!!!

I often get asked if I'm short or long sighted - I'm neither. I have a condition called Macular Oedema. Born with congenital cataracts, I've had alot of surgery on my eyes. Recently, underwent corneal graft #3 on my right eye. Honestly, if my vision could be corrected by glasses or contacts, I'd jump for joy!

Myopic since age11....about a year ago ,presbyopia set in with a reduction in my far correction...yay!

Love your videos!

I'm nearsighted astigmatism. Just got contacts cuz I figured I wouldn't be able to pass the dmv eye exam. My eyes aren't that bad but after wearing the contacts the world looks so much clearer. It's funny though that family and Co-workers look much different now. People look older to me than they had before.

I had a eye test at school today, and yep im definitely nearsighted

I am far sighted but I didn't realize until recently. I always had conspicuous veins on my eyes since I was little but didn't think much of it. I decided to have my eyes checked by ophthalmologist recently and I turned out I had +2.25 and +1.50 but after I was given special eyedrops it revealed that I have +6.00 and +5.50 farsightedness. My ophthalmologist said she has never seen someone with eye muscles to self-correct such a big defect.

@RealAnthonyHowell

5 ай бұрын

What eye drops were those? Was the correction instant or over the course of a few months?

@BloodyShrimp

5 ай бұрын

@@RealAnthonyHowell I was given cycloplegic eye drops. Correction wasn’t instant and not even over the course of a few months. I’ve been switching lenses to stronger last 3 years. Right now my lenses are almost at the required prescription.

Good overview of refractive errors. I have had hyperopia with astigmatism all my life but did not know it till a military eye exam at age 20. School nurse eye screening does not catch hyperopia, see a proper eye professional. Might have done better in school if I had been caught earlier. Now in my 60s and have had cataract surgery on both eyes. Still wear glasses but surprise was the right eye ended up with Simple Myopic Astigmatism post surgery. Glasses give me almost 20/20 acuity which makes me happy.

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent new Bruce! Happy you had such good success after cataract surgery. SO TRUE about the eye screenings too 💯

Thank you for explaining

My mom is farsighted and I’m nearsighted. My mom has glasses for computer but she wears them when watching tv at times she had to get cornea implant surgery because she was hit in eye as a kid. I started wearing glasses when I six, I prefer contacts bc of astigmatism it help exercise my eyes vs my glasses.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Do endmyopia

This video helped me to accept that Im a nearsighted or myopic person.

When I was 25 I was getting home from work and just wanted to chill and watch TV and had some blurry vision. Like most people I thought by the end of the day my eyes get tired and blurry. One day I was driving at night in the rain and began having a panic attack thinking I was losing my vision or something because everything was at its worst I’ve ever seen. Went to an eye doctor and turned out I have Astigmatism and a bit Farsighted. Crazy how mild my prescription is but I have trouble seeing words on my phone or subtitles or sometimes even people’s faces. So I just keep my glasses on all day. Can anyone relate or am I just weird? I’d like some feedback..

@emy4113

3 жыл бұрын

nah same happened to me at a moment i couldn’t se anything on my phone i thought i was getting blind 😂 but i was recommended to use glasses daily cause i have a little high astigmatism and i’m far sighted

@TheBakingDiva

3 жыл бұрын

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I haven’t been to the ophthalmologist in over 7 years, and just went today and I’m 19. I went because I was feeling a lot of strain on my eyes and getting headaches, and it was getting harder to read and drive at night partly because of the bright lights. So I went and the ophthalmologist said I needed glasses because I was nearsided. So first time getting glasses cool experience 👍

@vadim292

3 жыл бұрын

I'm already used to it and have been wearing glasses since grade 5, now I have -4.25.

@reginaldcopperbottom1738

Жыл бұрын

@@vadim292 how are you doing? Thank God I was able to recognize it at while I am at -1.25 and in 7th hrade

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Do endmyopia

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

@@vadim292 do endmyopia

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

@@reginaldcopperbottom1738 do endmyopia and DON’T WEAR GLASSES FOR CLOSE UP I’m -1.25 and I’m not wearing anything rn & I used to be -2.25 or worse 6 months ago. I actually can’t wear my sports goggles/glasses because they’re too strong asf & even have some cyl correction. But yeah you have to know what you’re doing, learn active focusing, learn endmyopia, and even then, blur adaptation isn’t good. So only wear them for distance and eventually start reducing a bit when you know what you’re doing.

Thanks for the help

I've been wearing glasses (far-sighted) since I was 8 (I'm now 44); at the time, the eye doctor said to my mother 'he CANNOT read ' even though I had been for years, and kept insisting that I could not read. hehe Now of course, I cannot read without glasses.

@svenshrempf

5 жыл бұрын

Karma

You are doing so much great work here! Keep it up!!

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the support! It means a lot, really.

Another excellent and highly educational video, dr. Allen. As a myopic viewer, I really appreciate it. I have an off-topic question. Do you know or think if there is or could be a connection between allergic conjunctivitis and eye floaters formation? I am asking because I have acari allergy and I had runny nose and red itchy watery eyes which resolved on their own. This happened several times for short time intervals (about 15 minutes). I just wondered if this condition could be a cause of my floaters besides the natural aging of the eyes. I am going to visit allergologist, whom I have previously gone to, and treat my chronic nasal congestion which makes sleeping difficult (I even thought I had sleep apnea, sinusitis, or problem with the nasal barrier but I went to otorhinolaryngologist and he said everything is fine). However, I am curious how bad can allergies can affect our eyes. I am sorry if I bore you with my story. Best regards, Momchil

@Akira3kgt

5 жыл бұрын

There is no connection between floaters and allergic conjunctivitis that I have ever heard

I had a mild myopia of -2.5/-3.25 dpt spherical equivalent which just got corrected using newest generation laser surgery (small incision lenticule extraction = SMILE) and got 20/20 vision 3 days after it, regressing to 20/15, which was my best corrected visual acuity before. Advantge= no flap, thus less dry eyes and no other flap associated risks.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Dayem bro you should’ve done endmyopia but Ig it’s too late for that now

I'm both nearsighted (right eye) and farsighted (left side) and have suffered from a congenital nystagmus from age 4.

This was really interesting..I just got glasses due to things getting blurry like signs at restaurants or things at a distance

Two questions: are you wearing color contacts? And what do you recommend to do to stop my myopia from increasing?

@cristiantabor

5 жыл бұрын

Is hard to believe but that's actually his natural eye color!

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Haha yes thats my natural eye color! Best things for slowing down myopia include spending less time indoors and on near vision tasks, including considering other options such as multifocal contacts or orthokeratology. Otherwise, parts of the eye will continue to grow and may influence your prescription over time. How nearsighted are you?

@juanmorales9538

5 жыл бұрын

I think I’m 2.25 in both eyes, When I got my glasses I had like 1.75 but then a year later they told me that it increased.

Great video! Can you do one on lazy eyes? I’m farsighted with astigmatism +5.5L and +1.5R and to be honest I stopped wearing my glasses at 13. I’m now 30 and wear contact lenses occasionally. (They make me feel dizzy sometimes) My vision has improved over the years without wearing glasses, my left eye is still pretty weak though. Anyway I would love more information on amblyopia and if there are ways to help improve as an adult? As a kid I hated the eye patch so I refused to wear it, my optometrist said since my eye doesn’t turn out and that it’s not too noticeable that the surgery would not be worth it for me. It’s always been my biggest insecurity when having eye contact during a conversation wondering if the other person can tell or not.

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Yasna! Sorry for the late reply. YES I will get a whole series on amblyopia (lazy eye). If that is your pic in the photo then please dont ever feel insecure about what you look like! Usually the only people that notice small eye turns are eye doctors haha.

@yasnaastorga7152

5 жыл бұрын

Doctor Eye Health haha yes that’s me! :D Thank you for the reply I look forward to your videos.

Thanks doc.great job

@DoctorEyeHealth

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@akoito7564

2 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorEyeHealth im learning alot from your videos thank you

Hello doctor, tks for the info. I have one question: is physiological eye growth overtime capable of correcting hyperopia caused by small eyes?

So I was wondering if you could explain accommodation issues? I’ve been told I am farsighted and that the muscles of my eyes over tighten and over relax causing a delay in my vision. I can see without my glasses it just takes about 30 seconds for my eyesight to switch between distances, my glasses just help stop that delay. Does this make sense? Hoping you could explain it better. Thanks!

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Everything you said makes perfect sense. When someone is farsighted they have to use their eye muscles inside the eye to flex the crystalline lens to focus light for them. However, this can put strain on the eye muscles. Some people naturally have difficulty engaging these muscles and we call that accommodative insufficiency. At a young age (below 40) the coordination between the brain and the eye muscles can be trained through vision therapy, however at we age the crystalline lens gets thicker and eventually starts to crystallize and harden, as this happens, the ability to focus becomes more difficult and can cause a lag in the ability to focus at different distances. Eventually leading to the total loss of accommodative ability. Thats when people start wearing bifocals/reading glasses etc. How old are you now?

When I started wearing my glasses at 13 I was told to wear them like when I need to see things far away or whatever so eventually I started wearing them all day and my eyes adjusted so now I have to wear prescription sunglasses when driving.

Hi Dr. I figured I'd ask a question since you answered me once before. I recently got a new prescription for contacts. I was given a sample trial pair that was a lesser prescription until I got the correct ones. I actually see much better with the lesser prescription ones. I cant focus good with the new ones. I called my eye Dr. and he seemed confused because the samples where weaker, less power. My question is do you have any idea why this is so? Thanks in advance

Just bought reading glasses. I can see far with corrective lenses but to see up close I have to remove my glasses... It's a new thing and i thought I needed bifocals but I tried some and it was horrible. The reading glasses help me when I am wearing my contacts. -8.5 is my prescription!

im nearsighted and I still don't wear glasses yet..im still waiting for them

@bluewaters3100

4 жыл бұрын

I wear magnifying glasses ..have no money for eye glasses.

@BiggieSmokes187

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluewaters3100 lol

This help me to understand how can I wear my glasses as a Farsighted with astigmatism the doctor prescription is +2 for my glasses. I wear my glasses with anti-radiation, when I get Headache and blinky eyes when too much focused on the computer and cellphone.

A bit far sighted on one eye, but it’s not that bad since I keep forgetting which one... Dad is astigmatic and didn’t get glasses until he was around four (so weird solution to depth perception). Mum has glasses sometimes, used to be only when driving and now reading glasses. Sis has one normal eye and the other was at -10 when she was little so she was half blind (it got better. She’s an airline pilot)

Hi Joseph, would love it if you could share your thoughts on myopia and orthokeratology!

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

YES! Hopefully I will be able to build a whole series on myopia control. Orthokeratology is a great tech. Love it. Have you tried it yourself?

Now i understand clearly 😀 near-sighted here 👋

Cool video. I'm nearsighted. I'm curious about contact lens care? I have a really bad habit of leaving my contacts in for days...

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Some contacts are approved by the FDA for sleeping in, however, it still increases the risk of infection. Have you ever had a corneal ulcer?

When i look at something like my phone and i look up again i see things blurred but if i look far for some time its like my eyes kind of get used to it and see clearly again. Do I need glasses doc?

Could you talk more about binocular vision disorders and problems because of it? I’m nearsighted and have a binocular vision disorder, so I struggle with focusing, consentrating and I have bad coordination. I used to have strabismus, it’s better now. Because I didn’t get help as a child, my eye doctor told me it’s basically too late to fix it, but I can make it stop getting worse by using prism glasses.

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Really good topic to cover Kristina! Yes. I hope to have a whole series on binocular vision, amblyopia, eye turns. etc. Thanks for watching!

when I was younger I had better than 20/20 vision, but once I hit mid 40's I started becoming farsighted. I wear readers +1.50s most of the time, I switch to +2.00 when I am sewing. I got talked into trying continuum (I think that's the term) glasses because I spend a lot of time in front of a computer, the problem with those were I had to wear them low so that I could look over the top for distance and they were too heavy for that. So I wear readers at the end of my nose like an old lady. sigh

@DoctorEyeHealth

5 жыл бұрын

Thats totally OK with me haha. My mother is a librarian so it works out. Have you ever heard of Half Eyes? they are an older style of frames where they are made to sit lower so the frames dont have to sit on the tip of your nose. Maybe you can still find them .

@Akira3kgt

5 жыл бұрын

I think you mean progressive bifocals. And if the Rx is correct, you should not have to look over the glasses. They should work well at almost any distance. If the progressives don't work well for you, you should go back to your eye doctor and tell them.

Is it a bad thing that the vision in my left eye is so much worst than my right eye. The prescription in the left is -7.25, but the one in the left is -5.25. My mom thinks that it isn’t good because of how young I am. I am only 15.

I'm nearsighted, I went to Target Optical and bought two pairs of Ray-Bans: Aviator with clear lense 🤓 and Aviator sunglasses 😎

I’m from the UK and I have extreme myopia since I was born, hereditary through my dad. Started wearing glasses when I as 3 and contacts when I was 12, though now in my 40s I can’t wear them anymore as they dry my eyes out too much and I spend more time popping eye drops than anything else. My current prescription is around -22.5 in both eyes. I also suffer with haemorrhages in both eyes since I was 25. I would love to learn more about Myopia, eye surgery etc if you can help, thanks

I know some farsighted people who say they need glasses for close and far. How does farsightedness effect problems seeing far away with moderate to strong plus lenses? like +5 to +8 etc.?

I'm Nearsighted and also have Strabismic Amblyopia which you probably already know is very frustrating for me, Also I wear glasses

Isn't it also true that people who are farsighted also have a tendency to be eagle eyed at a distance? I have hyperopia, and I have a hard time focusing on things that are close to me. I use reading glasses. My eye doctor said that my distance vision (20/15) is associated with hyperopia.

I am farsighted. The first pair of glasses that I got were over $300 and they gave me a severe migraine the first week, so I never wore them again. I have been wearing $1.00 readers for the last 12 years. I get headaches everyday from the pressure on my temples.

So... I’m 19 lol.. my prescription is L +7.50 and R +5.25.. I can’t go without them. I don’t think or remember my doctors ever telling me I had a stigmatism, but some sort of eye disease and I’m practically blind in my left eye.. any ideas??

I started using reading glasses in my 20's and had to start wearing glasses for distance in my late 40's. Although the world is slightly blurry at a distance. Would love to fix to my distance blurriness since I hate wearing progressives. My optometrist said corrective surgery for distance is not reliable.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Do endmyopia and there are also some endmyopia videos on presbyopia

I am far-sighted but this morning asI was trying to read the small print on a bottle everything became super clear and I could read all the tiny words! It only lasted for a split second but it was amazing! It startled me because for a split second everything became a little brighter and all the words came into focus... OMG! Crazy!! How? Why?

Can anyone tell me if I should wear my glasses for short sightedness when I'm doing things that are close up (eg. Reading or using my phone)? I can see things clearly that are near me but blurry when further away (more than an arms length).

I'm farsighted with astigmatism in both eyes, same prescription in right and left. I wear glasses when working, reading, watching TV, and driving at night.

Could you do a video on extreme farsightedness. My mother's correction for reading was about 1300+, where as my is only about 600+. I've never really had my vision explained to me, since I've worn correction lenses since about of 1. I'm in my early 60s now, will my farsightedness get worse as I get older.

@DoctorEyeHealth

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a good idea. High amounts of farsightedness means the eyeball is small and essentially the eyes powers are not strong enough. At a young age, kids can try to flex their eye muscles and accommodate through it but when the power is more than +3.00 it can start to force the eyes to turn together. Often putting kids at risk of strabismus and amblyopia(lazy eye). Thank goodness they caught it when you were so young. As hyperopes age, the lens inside the eye grows and because the eye is small, there is a risk for angle closure glaucoma.

@nabranestwistypuzzler7019

Жыл бұрын

Did you mean to put a decimal point there and say +13.00 and +6.00, so +13 and +6? Because right there, it basically says plus 13 hundred and plus 6 hundred

@mbea1367

Жыл бұрын

@@nabranestwistypuzzler7019 I got the decimal point wrong. My mother's correction was about +13.00 and mine is +6.00.