Maximum Number difference between eye glasses?

Question

I have + .75 in right eye number and left eye is lazy so doctor have give +6 for support now other doctor says that you can have maximum difference of +2.5

pl tell what is right

Answer 1

There is no "maximum difference." The amount of anisometropia that a patient can tolerate in their eyeglass prescription may vary greatly from one individual to the other. On the one hand, I would not be surprised at all if you have adaptive complaints associated with wearing a +6.00 on the left eye and a +.75 on the right. (That's a difference of +5.25) On the other hand, though, it is quite possible that you could tolerate more than a +1.75 difference.

Part of the definition of the practice of optometry is that optometry is an ART and a science. So different doctors may look at your case and based upon their gut level feelings may decide to recommend different solutions to your vision problems. You will find though from experience and also reputation that some eye doctors are much better artists than others. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

I agree with Yagman.
There *is* an issue with anisometropia of potential eye-strain or double vision.
But the doctor who said "you can have maximum difference of +2.5 " is simply wrong.

Mind you, I've met the opposite, too. Lazy eyes with little formed vision where a massive plus lens has been given year after year to no good effect, where a "balance" lens, as Bec says, would give a much better effect cosmetically, and be more comfortable and cheaper, with no loss or practical visual function. The right thing CAN be not to give the full Rx..

When there is a difference of more than 2.50 dioptres, certainly the prescriber should consider whether giving each eye its full Rx is a useful or wise thing to do.
(if a reduced precription might work better binocularly, or whether to recommend a contact lens on one eye, for examples... )
But a difference of 3, 4, 5 dioptres should not simply be ruled out. Particularly if the difference has increased slowly and a degree of acclimatisation has built up.

PS I have a difference of 3.25D in my spectacles.

Optometrist, retired.

Answer 3

I would recommend getting the 18-55mm. It's a great general all-around budget lens, it is better at landscapes and macro than any of the other lenses you listed... I wouldn't want to shoot a macro shot with a 70-300mm! For portraits a fast prime lens would be ideal, but that isn't listed. The 70-300 is the best lens for portraits in your list. The 28-80mm is Nikon's lowest-end lens, and I have herd from a couple of sources distortion can get ugly. The 18-55mm has ED glass, but I don't know if that makes a difference for wide-angle photography. The 70-300mm is a great lens for the price, but since it's so slow, it's only really useful in the daytime handheld. If I had that lens, I would use it for sports, portrait, or candid shots, which two out of three you haven't listed. By the way, you can't mount a Nikkor lens on a Canon camera... but you probably already know that.

Answer 4

There is no maximum difference between prescriptions.
Some people have one eye long sighted and one eye short sighted.
A lazy eye often has a very strong prescription. That's why it is lazy- when your vision was developing one eye was very blurred due to the large prescription so the vision did not develop properly.
Often we prescribe a "balance" lens which is a lens similar in prescription to your good eye's just so glasses look nicer. One very thick, magnifying lens is not the most cosmetically appealing.

Answer 5

Anisometropia is a condition where there is a significant difference in the refractive errors of the two eyes.

If this condition is present in infancy and is undetected or untreated, it often results in the development of lazy eye or amblyopia in the more hyperopic (far-sighted) eye. The greater the amount of the difference, the more likely the development of lazy eye will be.

Another problem can occur when glasses are made for an anisometropic individual. The difference in the powers of the lenses induce a prismatic difference that can cause double vision in off-center areas of the lens, which can be compensated for by the use of slab-off prism.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Is there such a thing as maximum eyeglass prescription? or what is the maximum prescription that one can use on eyeglasses?

Answer 8

could you opt for surgery to correct your lazy eye?? that would be better than such a huge jump in rx power btwn eyes

Answer 9

I agree with the other two doctors.

Answer 10

i have -2.75 and -2.00 so not that much of a difference but it used to be greater