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Medical Forum / General / Vision / October 2005Two Eyeglass Prescr's: How Different ?
Hello: Have recently seen two Opthamologists, who, as part of their normal office routine, have their assistant (not an Optometrist) give an eye exam for glasses. Have two separate prescriptions, therefore, and they seem different enough for me to wonder about. No. 1: Distance: OD -2.25 -1.50 014 OS -1.75 -1.50 180 Add: OD +2.75 OS +2.75 And the second exam gave - OD -1.75 -1.25 x15 OS -1.25 -1.25 x180 Both of these are for distance use. I am not familiar with their terminology. How different are these two prescr's ? Should I go for a third exam with a true Optometrist ? Thanks, Bob > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Thanks, > Bob The first Rx is for bi-focals, or progressives (no line bifocals). The second Rx is single vision. If the person who gave the exam is not a licensed optometrist, then I would go to one to get an exam. I would not rely on a Rx from an Ophthalmologist either, even if they personally did the exam (they don't get as much education or experiences in giving exams as a optometrist does). A brain surgeon may be more intelligent than a pediatrician, but the brain surgeon my not know the best way to treat an ear infection in a child. > A brain >surgeon may be more intelligent than a pediatrician How on *earth* did you decide that? A pediatrician has to know a whole lot about a whole lot of things including child psychology/psychiatry. A brain surgeon is a mechanic. Which isn't to say that mechanics are unintelligent, mind, but I fail to see how brain surgeons are by default any more intelligent than the rest of us. +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... >> A brain >> surgeon may be more intelligent than a pediatrician [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > unintelligent, mind, but I fail to see how brain surgeons > are by default any more intelligent than the rest of us. It's because they can tune up their brains any time and keep them in top working order -:) I think it's more a figure of speach. Kind of like saying "It doesn't take a rocket scientist..." implying that rocket scientists are like brain surgeons or something when they are just scientists like other scientists. -Quick >> A brain >>surgeon may be more intelligent than a pediatrician [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > brain surgeons are by default any more intelligent than the rest of > us. I said "may be." >I said "may be." Read in context most people will read it as "brain surgeons are f.cking brilliant, pediatricians are hacks who do nothing but hand out antibiotics all day and hterefor need be neither intelligent nor educated". But I digress. ObEyeballs: I've had an angora fiber in my right eye for two days now. The eyewash isn't flushing it out. I'll see my son's pediatrician tomorrow (she keeps Saturday hours, unlike the neurologist who got tired of looking at grey matter and went into general practice and from whom I mooch antibiotics). Since pediatricians handle all sorts of weird "foreign object" cases maybe she'll be able to find the fiber and get it OUT. +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... >>I said "may be." > > Read in context most people will read it as "brain surgeons are > f.cking brilliant, pediatricians are hacks who do nothing but hand out > antibiotics all day and hterefor need be neither intelligent nor > educated". You have serious paranoia problems. > general practice and from whom I mooch antibiotics). Since > pediatricians handle all sorts of weird "foreign object" cases maybe > she'll be able to find the fiber and get it OUT. Not unless she has a slit lamp microscope and knows how to use it. -MT Hi all, Interesting reading, but does anyone perhaps have any opinions on my original question re how different these prescr's are ? Thanks, Bob ---------------------- > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Thanks, > Bob > Interesting reading, but does anyone perhaps have any opinions on my > original question re how different these prescr's are ? They are significantly different, but in such a way that it may have been intentional. The fine points (cyl and axis) are so similar that it wasn't necessarily haphazard. There is no "add" in the second prescription, but the first prescription shows a stronger add than most people wear. That tells us you're at least 50, probably over 60, perhaps with some early cataract. If the second script was really intended NOT to be bifocal, the distance prescription may have been reduced to help your near vision. I make my own glasses that way. If there _was_ an add in the second prescription and you left it off, tell us what it is and we may be able to give you some clues about which script to use. -MT |
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