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Medical Forum / General / Vision / October 2006Advice please
I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? >I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription > will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? Whenever he wants to see. The only reason for "requiring" it is when public safety is concerned, like driving. Otherwise, it's pretty obvious to him. Many people with this prescription remove their glasses to read. No huhu. -MT >I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription > will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? Not enough information provided Call and ask the Optometrist who gave him the exam. > I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription > will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? > > -- > Message posted via MedKB.com > http://www.medkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/vision/200610/1 I wouldnt wear glasses full time if I were only -2.5 make sure he never wears them for near work, they are worse than useless for near. > I wouldnt wear glasses full time if I were only -2.5 make sure he never > wears them for near work, they are worse than useless for near. This is counterproductive, bad advice. If you know that working closer aggravates nearsightedness, why would you force him to sit 16" from a computer? -MT > > I wouldnt wear glasses full time if I were only -2.5 make sure he never > > wears them for near work, they are worse than useless for near. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > -MT If he wants to sit 26" from the computer, he will need to wear -1 glasses. No glasses for 16" and full power -2.5 glasses for infinity. Fidelis K wrote: > >I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription > > will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? > > You don't want him to wear them full time? Maybe not everyone is picky about their vision and find the hassles of glasses worse. > If he wants to sit 26" from the computer, he will need to wear -1 > glasses. No glasses for 16" and full power -2.5 glasses for infinity. Why, Ace? Because accommodation is harmful? Because sphincter muscles need to rest? > Maybe not everyone is picky about their vision and find the hassles of > glasses worse. Maybe? But convincing a doctor to prescribe another pair because Ace said so, buying more glasses, then switching between two pairs of glasses, and none - that's not a hassle, Ace? If you're going to spend his money and dictate his habits, you need a good reason, Ace. I don't see one. -MT > > If he wants to sit 26" from the computer, he will need to wear -1 > > glasses. No glasses for 16" and full power -2.5 glasses for infinity. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > -MT Because itll cause lots of eyestrain. Constantly accomodating many hours a day will result in pseudomyopia and sore throbbing eyes. Depending on his age, he may see the computer monitor better without glasses than with full power -2.5 glasses making them worse than useless. I got my doctor to prescribe me a lower minus for the computer and my eyes have never felt better. My full power distance glasses feel too strong for looking at something nearby. Dr Judy wrote: > If you want to understand what his vision is like without glasses, then > go to your local drug store and try on a pair of +2.50 reading glasses [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Dr Judy It depends on the situation. I would wear -2.5 glasses when shopping, watching movies or just going for a walk outside. But indoors I wouldnt, theres nothing new to see, who cares about seeing the walls or ceiling a little clearer? > Because itll cause lots of eyestrain. Constantly accomodating many > hours a day will result in pseudomyopia and sore throbbing eyes. And if you weren't nearsighted, how much accommodating would you do? Do you think every emmetrope gets pseudomyopia and sore, throbbing eyes? -MT >I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription > will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? You don't want him to wear them full time? >>I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription >> will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? > >You don't want him to wear them full time? I hadn't thought about it like that although I guess it would seem strange at first. You presume he will wear them fulltime then? I was really looking to get a clue as to what his standard of vision is now. > >>I went with my husband to his eye test and learnt that his new prescription > >> will be -2.50. Is it recommended to wear such a prescription full time? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I was really looking to get a clue as to what his standard of vision is now. If you want to understand what his vision is like without glasses, then go to your local drug store and try on a pair of +2.50 reading glasses (over top of any distance glasses you wear) and look at the far end of the store. That is about what he sees without glasses. Having experienced that, would you want to see that way most of the time? Dr Judy
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