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Medical Forum / General / Vision / December 2005Ace told me to take off my myopia glasses while reading
Ace told me to take off my myopia glasses while reading. You all agree that there is no reason to do that right? I am a -4.5 and I take my glasses off to read. Not only is it easier on the eyes, its much clearer! The pictures show theres a BIG reason! Without glasses: http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/firstnations/gazette.jpg With glasses: http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/6809/newspaper27vx.jpg acemanvx@yahoo.com wrote in news:1135441660.396390.127530 @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > I am a -4.5 and I take my glasses off to read. Not only is it easier on > the eyes, its much clearer! The pictures show theres a BIG reason! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/6809/newspaper27vx.jpg If you get the second image with glasses, then you might need to get another eye exam. It does not appear to be normal. You really are a f.cking idiot!!!!! This is just more proof. dr grant > Ace told me to take off my myopia glasses while reading. > > You all agree that there is no reason to do that right? We don't all agree. Young people with normal but myopic vision don't need to. It's pretty simple to test. Just try it. Back when I had myopia, I could not reasonably read without my myopia glasses.  SignatureDan Abel dabel@sonic.net Petaluma, California, USA Dear Spockie, This depends on your "situation". If you can read the eye chart at 20/50, (-1.25 diopters) then I would strongly suggest that you never use that minus lens whilst reading. And, for that matter, keep the minus off -- unless absolutly necessary. Best, Otis > Otis What do you do for a living? >>Otis > > > What do you do for a living? Curious that he didn't reply. Otis always replies. w.stacy, o.d. Dear Spockie, I am a retired engineer.. Best, Otis .. who goes around giving unlearned advise about myopia. .. who practices medicine without a license .. who ignors the current scientific data while clutching relentlessly to a few outdated studies on chickens and monkeys to support his "theory" .. who believes he has a perfect understanding of the blueprints and design goals of the human eye even though the objective data on the eye shows it behaves differently. .. who has a touch of Alzheimers and really should be kept away from his computer. .. who believes there is a conspiracy among eye doctors and optical companies to put "the wretched minus" lenses on the unsuspecting public so they can hook them for the rest of their lives. (i guess the conspiracy must work better in china, japan, singapore) .. who is rather taken with himself and his own prose. "And, for that matter, keep the minus off -- unless absolutly necessary." I wish I could keep the minus off but being -4.5 diopters and having around -.5(half) diopter astigmastim, my uncorrected vision is just too poor. I however do take my glasses off and read at 10 inches which is 4 diopters so its very slightly blurry which is the whole point to improving my vision. This guy however is only a -2.5 so id imagine he could forgo glasses around the house, for reading and possibily for the computer too. "If you can read the eye chart at 20/50, (-1.25 diopters) then I would strongly suggest that you never use that minus lens whilst reading." Actually, id reccomend you read without the minus lense even if you have as much as -5 diopters myopia. I am -4.5 and I read just fine from 10 inches without the minus lense. High myopes could either get bifocals or use their old glasses for reading. -1.25 does correlate to 20/50 for most people, but for some they can see 20/40 or even 20/30 but then they are seeing better than 20/20 with glasses! I have a friend whos -1.5 in one eye and sees 20/40 uncorrected, 20/15 with glasses. His other eye is much worse. He does NOT wear glasses full time, smart guy I tell ya :) He does want lasik in the worse eye but will leave the 20/40 eye alone, giving him monovision and keeping him out of reading glasses. "If you get the second image with glasses, then you might need to get another eye exam. It does not appear to be normal." You will see for yourself when you approach the age of 40. I am younger but it can happen earlier. Actually, I bet youll see clearer if you read without glasses. I told some of my myopic friends to read without glasses and they are amazed how clear and crisp words are! If you like seeing a little blurry from near and making your eyes worse, thats your loss. Most myopes take their glasses off to read. Dear Ace, Subject: You got most of this "right". >From a long time ago, I knew of medical doctors who were VERY RELUCTANT to put a minus lens on a kid. There "intuitive" sense was right on target! The would attempt to keep the minus OFF the kid -- until their eye-chart went below 20/40. It is tragict that they couild not have been more "articulate". They were right in their "good sense". The other part of this "equation" is the matter of the parents and child ACCEPTING the use of the plus at that delicate stage. That is the real difficulty of true prevention. I indeed when through this with my nephew, Keith, explaining how difficult "prevention" is. He had a "minus" prescription at age 13. (I said that this was provided in "good faith" but he had to "trash" the prescription an accept the "intutive" (now science-based) second-opinion. But agressively using the plus -- he cleared his vsiion to always pass all legal visual requirements. He is now 40 years old, and has children of his own. I think he will monitor them for the "bad" visual habits some children develop. By doing this, and avoiding that over-prescribed minus -- I would hope that they learn the technique of effective prevention. This is obviously a matter of PERSONAL choice -- and if done correctly --- the person avoids that stair-case myopia -- but avoiding that first "step". As far as I am concerned our "bad habits" get us slightly into it. But over-prescribing is what "kicks" you down that flight of stairs. It is indeed a difficult "lesson" to learn. Not all of this is "OD responsibility" Some of it is OUR responsibility -- to take prevention seriously, and if necessary learn to do it ourselves. This is truly the "second opinion" -- however difficult it will be to implement. Merry Christmas, Otis __________________ > "And, for that matter, keep the > minus off -- unless absolutly [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > seeing a little blurry from near and making your eyes worse, thats your > loss. Most myopes take their glasses off to read. >I indeed when through this with my nephew, Keith, >explaining how difficult "prevention" is. "Anecdotal evidence is a term commonly used to indicate (pseudo-)scientific evidence based on single episodes ("anecdotes"), instead of proper and verifiable statistics. Anecdotal evidence is often used to support an unlikely claim that cannot withstand scientific proof; in this meaning, it can generally not be reproduced, and as such it is not accepted as a scientific proof, but rather as a hallmark of quackery." SignatureLive simply so that others may simply live |
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