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Medical Forum / General / Vision / November 2007Eye test result
I had an eye test yesterday and I could only see the first line and the second line. Is this a really bad standard of vision? >I had an eye test yesterday and I could only see the first line and the > second line. Is this a really bad standard of vision? Not necessarily. It's common for people with bad _far_ vision be compensated by excellent vision up close. Others can't see far _or_ near without glasses. Which group are you in? -MT, OD Sorry - I'm not sure I understand the question. >>I had an eye test yesterday and I could only see the first line and the >> second line. Is this a really bad standard of vision? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >-MT, OD > I had an eye test yesterday and I could only see the first line and the > second line. Is this a really bad standard of vision? Depends which chart was being used. On my projected chart I can show 4-5 lines. One possible view has 20/25 at the top, three different 20/20 lines and one 20/15 line. Another view would have 20/80 at the top. The more important question is whether you could see better with refractive error corrected. If your eyes can see 20/20 with glasses, you have excellent vision. Dr Judy Now I'm getting more confused - he said the result was 20/200 & 20/100. >> I had an eye test yesterday and I could only see the first line and the >> second line. Is this a really bad standard of vision? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Dr Judy > Now I'm getting more confused - he said the result was 20/200 & 20/100. That's a little more informative. For driving a vehicle, your vision is "pretty bad," so you should wear glasses when you drive. It might help to know that 20/100 to 20/200 vision from nearsightedness is often considered "mild to moderate". But people have 20/200 vision for lots of different reasons. Most likely your doctor measured your refraction. Those results reveal much more about your vision than just "20/200." -MT Dear Laura, Since the "lines" have no clear meaning, as per the ODs, perhaps it would be better to read this chart and report your visual acuilty in terms of 20/60, or so. Just click here: http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/oph/ped/IVAC/IVAC.html And then on "Display" several times. That will give you 20/60 which you can check at the standard 20 feet. You can also change the size of the letters by clicking on "larger" and "smaller". Enjoy, Otis > Now I'm getting more confused - he said the result was 20/200 & 20/100. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > -- > Message posted via MedKB.comhttp://www.medkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/vision/200711/1 > Now I'm getting more confused - he said the result was 20/200 & 20/100. If that is your uncorrected (no glasses) vision and you can be corrected to 20/20, you have mild to moderate refractive error. You will need to use the glasses for driving, movies, seeing the blackboard at school, sports events, recognizing faces of people more than a few feet away. Depending on the nature of your refractive error, you may also need glasses for reading. But, as I said before, uncorrected vision is not of much concern. Corrected vision is the most important thing. If your best corrected vision is 20/200 in one eye, 20/100 in the other then although you are not legally blind, you are visually impaired. You may not be able to get a driver's licence, may need special visual aids for some tasks and may not be able to do some jobs. Dr Judy |
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