I have been wearing glasses for a few years now as I am short sighted. I was told by the opticians when i intially started wearing them and when I went for subsequent tests that although my eye sight was becominging slightly worse it would come to a stand still once I reached the age of 20 - 22.
My eyesight hasn't stopped getting worse and i'm now 24.
Is this normal?
2006-12-05 03:06:08 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
my doctor says to come back every 2 years to get my glasses updated to a new prescription. you should do the same...
your eyes are constantly changing as you grow....so it's normal....
although since they continue to get worse maybe you should look into that eye lasor stuff?
my friends got it done and they see verry well...better than ever they say!
2006-12-05 03:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HI, You should for starters take regular breaks when on the computer etc to give your eyes a rest from looking at one distance all of the time, also try using eye drops just to keep the eyes moist as they do tend to dry out looking at the screen for ong periods of time. I would recommend going to the opticians for a check up, they dont only check your eyesight but check to see if the eyes are healthy. There are no proven evidence that eye eexecerises actually work. Your better getting to the opticians, however glasses only make vision clear and actually compensate for what we see without our glasses. look after your eyes you only get one set. Hope this helps
2016-03-13 03:39:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure how your Dr's. could forecast the future. Usually with age, the eyes do get slowly worse.
At 15 I had a mild correction. I am now 65 and it has changed slowly, but not at all radically.
Now my daughter started wearing glasses at about 8 or 9 and she is now 36 and has quite a severe correction. She is exceedingly nearsighted (inherited from her grandparents)
I'm guessing that short sighted is the same as near sighted. Now in her case (near sightedness causes thin retinas) so they must be watched. At 19 she developed torn retinas (this causes blindness) but they folded back down and healed themselves. So for ten years the retinas have been healthy but her vision is now -750.
Just take care of your eyes it is of the utmost importance.
Look at your parents corrections and see if it will give you an idea where you might be in a few years.
It's really not that bad.
2006-12-05 03:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not normal but its not abnormal, everone'e eyes are different, most people start to notice a deteroration from the age of 40, but some children have reduced eyesoght as well, it can also effect people of different sexes. I case like this it is always best to get a second opinion,
2006-12-05 03:19:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-20 03:02:17 · answer #5 · answered by Sibyl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My eyesight seems to get worse daily and I was told it would stop the moment I stopped growing, so that should have been about two or three years ago, but it's still worsening. So long as it's just getting blurrier and you're not losing complete vision in your eyes, I wouldn't worry about it. It's probably expensive having to pay for glasses, I wouldn't know, my kind parents always do that for me, but just set money aside for it. There are worse things than blurry vision.
2006-12-05 03:21:29 · answer #6 · answered by Katri-Mills 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-10-06 16:08:20 · answer #7 · answered by Berrie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im 27 and had to have another eye test about 3 months ago as i was having driving lessons and i was wearing my normal glasses my instructor asked me to read a number plate and i couldnt so i had to go straight and have another eye test which proved my eyes had got worse but luckily ive taken my test and passed first time.But i have never heard of it coming to a stand still around the age of 20-22.
2006-12-05 03:11:35 · answer #8 · answered by pinkdragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my eye doctor just advised me about the same thing. I am 23 and she said I can expect my vision to level out before age 25.
2006-12-05 03:09:25 · answer #9 · answered by Emily B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is normal to an extent. My eyes have been getting worse but over a long period of time. If it happens quicker no i dont think that's normal
2006-12-05 03:09:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋