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Medical Forum / General / Vision / March 2006Eye Strain due to heavy computer use
Hello, my right eye is losing its strength very rapidly. In the last year it has gradually become fuzzier and harder to focus. When I try to exercise it by closing the other eye for a couple of minutes, the right eye gets a little better at focusing although still not at 100%. It never loses that "wavy/fuzzy" quality either. Also it takes a second or 2 to focus correctly between distances, and it slowly loses its focus if I start to think of something absract and dont "force it" to focus on a certain thing. Once I have been using my right eye exclusively for a minute or so and go back to using both eyes, my vision becomes very blurry as if my brain is having trouble mixing both signals. My left eye seems healthy and does not bother me. I know I have to go to a specialist, but I dont know where to start. Ive read computer glasses might help but Im unsure what I need to know to do in order to do the right thing. I should note the Im a heavy computer user, pretty much being in front of either an Apple Cinema Display or Dell 21" flatscreen a gazzillion hours a day. Any advice as to what to do? gguardia@mindspring.com wrote in news:1142960977.516515.48740 @i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: > I know I have to go to a specialist, but I dont know where to start. I think "an optometrist" would be a safe guess. The optometrist would make sure that there's no pathology that's causing your problems, and discuss options that could help. In this day and age, I would suspect that the vast majority of optometrists would be able to help someone having troubles in fron of a monitor.  SignatureScott Reverse name to reply > Hello, my right eye is losing its strength very rapidly. In the last > year it has gradually become fuzzier and harder to focus. > I know I have to go to a specialist, but I dont know where to start. You can start by getting a regular eye examination from a general optometrist or ophthalmologist. It's impossible for us to tell whether you're simply getting presbyopia, or nearsighted in one eye, or cataract or a brain tumor. We can guess a little better if you tell us your age. Are you in your early forties? Is your right eye blurry far away, as well as up close? -MT At the very least, it may be eyestrain and you need some reading glasses. dr grant it looks like your starting to get myopic from all the hours on the computer. try wearing +2 reading glasses(for computer and reading) and this should keep your distance vision clear Don't pay any attention to Ace, he has no business giving advice over the web or anywhere else for that matter. > it looks like your starting to get myopic from all the hours on the > computer. try wearing +2 reading glasses(for computer and reading) and > this should keep your distance vision clear So using the computer causes myopia. And myopes should wear +2 reading glasses to clear up their distance vision?!? Huh, who woulda thought that. It's all so easy! Aceman, do you think all post-LASIKs former myopes should wear +2 readers? Will this prevent my eyeballs from exploding? I'm really worried about that. Signature~RT >> it looks like your starting to get myopic from all the hours on the >> computer. try wearing +2 reading glasses(for computer and reading) and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > glasses to clear up their distance vision?!? Huh, who woulda thought > that. It's all so easy! Har. I've been on one computer or another for over 8 hours a day for the last 15 years and I'm STILL far-sighted. Will I become more myopic before I hit Medicare? Only a few months to go... SignatureCheers, Bev ===================================================== It's 95% of the lawyers making the other 5% look bad. Mike - Brain Tumor wtf !?!? Please dont feed the hypocondriac in me. Im 32. My blurry eye is not blurry from far away - its only when I try to focus closer than about 2 feet. What bothers me is that after I try "exercising" my blurry eye exclusively for awhile it takes a long time (like a full minute) for me to be able to use both eyes at the same time again because I get double vision. >From what Ive read on random googles it seems like the "+2 reading glasses solution" like Ace mentioned is a popular one , although it seems the people on this board think thats not such a hot idea. In any case I'll get an appointment to see an ophtalmologist or whoever my HMO physician ends up sending me to. Thanks to all for the help. You need to see an optometrist, not an ophthalmologist. You don't have a disease. dr grant >>From what Ive read on random googles it seems like the "+2 reading > glasses solution" like Ace mentioned is a popular one , although it > seems the people on this board think thats not such a hot idea. Ace is expostulating about nearsightedness and how to prevent it. If you see well far away with each eye, then nearsightedness isn't your problem. > In any case I'll get an appointment to see an ophtalmologist or whoever > my HMO physician ends up sending me to. Thanks to all for the help. You're welcome. At your age, blur at near with one eye and occasional double vision suggests farsightedness, more in the right eye. Brain tumor isn't likely. :) If that's what it is, you might wind up with reading glasses like +1.50/+0.50. Contacts may work better, sometimes just one eye. -MT |
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