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Medical Forum / General / Vision / March 2005Correcting the vision with high numbers
Hi, My daughter is 6 years old. She was complaining about not able to read small letters on board at school. We have taken her to a doctor and he prescribed to her lenses with +1.25, +1.5 power. As she was not able to read the letters on board I was surprised with + power prescription so we went to another doctor and they prescribed +2.5 -1.5(cyl) , +2.5, -1.25(cyl). The reason given by the second doctor is that she is stretching the fibers connecting the lenes to compensate for the power and she is having astigmatism so we should use higher power lenses with the above combination. If we do not use these lenses the mentioned the fibers will become week and there will be permanent damage to eye. Is this the only way of correcting this power ? We are totally confused. Thanks, prasad. > use higher power lenses with the above combination. If we do not use > these lenses the mentioned the fibers will become week and there will > be permanent damage to eye. Is this the only way of correcting this > power ? We are totally confused. Discard the glasses and teach your daughter how to look at thing without straining, by swinging, and swing her as much as you can, with a regular rhythm, from side to side, gently. You see from yourself that these doctors know nothing: the second idiot doctor doubled or tripled the prescription. How can there happen these things? http://TheCentralFixation.com Without knowing if either provider did a cycloplegic exam or other information it's tough to speculate which rx may be the more accurate one. The second provider though - permanent damage to the eye- seems to be overdramatic. Neither srx is that high that would cause an amblyopia (lazy eye) situation. frank > Without knowing if either provider did a cycloplegic exam or other > information [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > frank I am not sure about the test performed I will get that information. The second provider was mentioning that the power as he thinks is +5(R), +6(L). But when such a high power glasses were tried my daughter was not able to read anything so he is prescribing a lower number to get adjusted. As I mentioned earlier I donot understand this logic. Thanks, Prasad. > adjusted. As I mentioned earlier I donot understand this logic. There is no logic, any. Discard the glasses and start the treatment. > Hi, > My daughter is 6 years old. She was complaining about not able to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks, > prasad. When you say the first doctor prescribed "+125, +15" do you mean (1) R +1.25, L +1.5, or (2) R +1.25 with +1.5cyl, and L the same as the right? If the answer is (2), then the two prescriptions may not be that different. Either way, she needs glasses if she is long-sighted by that much. Plus power can affect distance vision (blackboard) as well as close reading. Can you clarify the exact prescriptions given by each doctor and post to this list? The 'fibers becoming weak' story doesn't make sense, but this doesn't mean that doctor's prescription is wrong necessarily. Dom |
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