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Medical Forum / General / Vision / June 2005Contact lenses and near vision
Hi! I have been using glasses since 15 years ago, but last week I visited my optometrist to start using contact lenses. I have tried a pair of Ciba Vision Focus Dailies and a pair of Biomedics 55, and with both of them I'm having small problems with my near vision. It's a bit blurry, specially when looking at my LCD monitor... it fluctuates between relatively clear and very blurry (most of the time it's moderately blurry). On the other hand, my far vision is perfect (with both brands). I don't have this problem with my glasses, my near vision is crystal clear... it isn't a dryness problem either as I blink a lot when I'm in front of my monitor and I can't see it properly even when I look at it for the first time. I have a -4.0D/-3.5D prescription and I'm 23 years old (so I'm not presbyope). Any idea about this problem? Could it be a fitting problem? But both lenses are really comfortable... Thanks a lot!!! I just forgot to mention a bizarre (but interesting) detail. If I wear my contacts and my glasses at the same time (yes, I know that it's really stupid) my vision becomes more "stable" and I have less problems reading my computer monitor, although my vision is still blurry due to that overcorrection (glasses+cl). Can this be a glasses accomodation problem? Bye! > Hi! I have been using glasses since 15 years ago, but last week I > visited my optometrist to start using contact lenses. I have tried a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thanks a lot!!! With out knowing that much about you or your history, it sounds like a fitting or Rx problems. Glasses and contacts have different perscriptions, and so some tweaking may be needed. I'd just ask your OD about it, maybe allow you to see how the near is by sitting near a computer in the Dr's office, instead of sending you away to have you return later. Just a thought. Yes, my glasses prescription is different to my CL prescription. It doesn't look like a Rx problem... it could be the fitting. I have to see my OD next week, I'll talk her about the problem... but I am curious right now and I would like to know if someone had the same problem. Thanks! >Hi! I have been using glasses since 15 years ago, but last week I >visited my optometrist to start using contact lenses. I have tried a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Thanks a lot!!! Hi, Your problem may be related to convergence insufficiency. http://www.eyemdlink.com/Condition.asp?ConditionID=139. If so, it would be normal to have less or no problem with the glasses because of the base in prism induced by moderate to high powered minus lenses when looking at close objects. I have a client with a similar problem and am waiting for a diagnosis (I'm an optician, not a doctor). Hope this helps, Robert Martellaro ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Optician/Owner Roberts Optical robopt@execpc.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Niels Bohr Hi, good point... I'll talk my optometrist about it. I think that my near vision have improved a bit in the last days, so do you think that this convergence insufficiency can disappear so fast? On the other hand, my blurry near vision is also sensible to the light level in my room. I'm thinking that it could be a pupil size related problem too. Thanks a lot > >Hi! I have been using glasses since 15 years ago, but last week I > >visited my optometrist to start using contact lenses. I have tried a [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > "An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." > - Niels Bohr After thinking it a while, I don't think that this is related to convergence insufficiency. I can look at my monitor 15 or 20 cm away and my vision is perfect. The problem appears when I'm 50 or 60 cm away, but I'm not undercorrected, my far vision is really excellent... > On the other hand, my blurry near vision is also sensible to the light > level in my room. I'm thinking that it could be a pupil size related > problem too. It's a simple law of physics that increased light levels tend to decrease blur due to inability to focus at a given distance. That's why your parents kept yelling at you to turn on the lights! Not because *you* couldn't necessarily see, but because *they* couldn't see, and watching you made them uncomfortable!  SignatureDan Abel Sonoma State University AIS dabel@sonic.net OK, I think you are right... my vision is better with high light levels, but it's still really "unstable". This is becoming really weird. My far vision is excellent, my very near vision is very clear too... but my near/medium distances vision is blurry and fluctuating :S |
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