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Medical Forum / General / Vision / March 2006Headache
I read somewhere that it isn't usual to get headaches with shortsighted ness. I do. My prescription is a regular -2 and -2.5. Sometimes I get a blinding headache behind one eye. Is this related to my shortsightedness? I get the headache when I'm not wearing glasses. you have bad vision habits and are probably straining your eyes. I get headaches when I wear full power correction glasses. I never get headaches when I go without glasses or with weaker glasses. You will find that you can see great for near and intermediate without glasses and your distance vision is slightly blurry, about 20/100(confirm this) how well do you correct what a stupid remark. you don't know what you're talking about. bad vision habits-- where did you make that one up? describe bad vision habits. describe good vision habits. better yet, just go away! http://www.natural-vision.co.uk/how.htm good habits, bad habits http://www.natural-vision.co.uk/faq.htm Now refer to the OP's post: "I get the headache when I'm not wearing glasses." and then try and explain how your response is of any help when you write: "I never get headaches when I go without glasses or with weaker glasses." > Now refer to the OP's post: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > "I never get headaches when I go without glasses or with > weaker glasses." Ace was just pointing out that the OP is mistaken and doesn't get headaches after all... because Ace doesn't. -Quick >>Now refer to the OP's post: >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -Quick Yes of course. The facts have to be bent to prove the belief. >I read somewhere that it isn't usual to get headaches with shortsighted >ness. > I do. My prescription is a regular -2 and -2.5. Sometimes I get a blinding > headache behind one eye. Is this related to my shortsightedness? I get the > headache when I'm not wearing glasses. It's unusual but I presume you're saying the headache goes away if you put the glasses back on? If so, it's possible your headache could be a result of working beyond your natural range; your prescription indicates you should see clearly out to about 20 inches, with progressively more trouble beyond that point. Working at 25 or 30 inches without glasses might account for the headache. I'd suggest you ignore any explanation that includes the phrase "bad vision habits." Just MHO. -MT Mike Tyner - on that basis then do you recommend to your patients that everyone with a prescription in this region wears their glasses all the time? >It's unusual but I presume you're saying the headache goes away if you put >the glasses back on? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >-MT > Mike Tyner - on that basis then do you recommend to your patients that > everyone with a prescription in this region wears their glasses all the > time? Some won't have a problem. If not, glasses shouldn't be "required" arbitrarily. -MT That's an interesting comment. Can you tell me what factors you would use if you decided it was necessary for one of your patients? >> Mike Tyner - on that basis then do you recommend to your patients that >> everyone with a prescription in this region wears their glasses all the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >-MT > That's an interesting comment. Can you tell me what factors you would use > if > you decided it was necessary for one of your patients? Glasses can be crucial for treating amblyopia and strabismus, and "full time wear" is often "required" for those conditions. But past the age of 9 or 10, wearing glasses doesn't alter the shape of the eye in any significant sense, nor does it have any impact on further neurological development. So the criteria for recommending glasses to adolescents and older are more practical than you might think. Glasses are "necessary" when they relieve symptoms such as blur, headache, or visual handicap. Glasses can be "necessary" for sports, power tools, and safe highways. Wear 'em when you need 'em. -MT Yes, or I won't get it at all if I have them on. Do I have another problem that's not related to my vision exactly? >>I read somewhere that it isn't usual to get headaches with shortsighted >>ness. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >-MT > Yes, or I won't get it at all if I have them on. Do I have another problem > that's not related to my vision exactly? Probably not. Sometimes binocular coordination improves (the eyes align better) when you're forced to focus through the lenses. Most pain "right behind the eye" comes from frontal sinuses. There aren't that many reasons why wearing glasses might improve sinus pain. But again, most "pain behind the eye" isn't actually in the eye at all. Sinus pain is usually worse when you wake and worse when you bend over. So if it isn't sinus, it's just binocular coordination. Wear em when you need em. -MT |
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