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| newborn vision, "lazy eye"? | 31 Oct 2005 20:22 GMT | 2 |
My daughter is 5 weeks old today. Never opened her eye for first few weeks and docs said it was normal. She did not start opening her eyes until a couple weeks ago. Even then they were squinty, and in a few pictures she looked oriental. I am noticing that her right eye drifts
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| Sudden increase of myopia for middle aged Chinese woman | 31 Oct 2005 18:25 GMT | 3 |
I am an optometrist in HK. My colleague came across a case of a 50 yo Chinese woman complaining sudden worsen of OD vision 2 days ago with no ocular pain and headache. Her old Rx (about a year ago) was: OD -7.25/-1.00x105 (20/20)
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| Adult vision therapy | 30 Oct 2005 17:41 GMT | 9 |
Anyone had success or failure with vision therapy? I'm just getting started and I can't seem to find much testimony on-line from adults. My vision has been bugging me subtly, so I sought out a more thorough optometrist. She says my eyes rest slightly outward which is giving me
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| Bright circles with eyes closed and moving | 29 Oct 2005 20:46 GMT | 9 |
I've had a rather odd effect for years now, like a good decade or so. In the dark, with the eyes closed, normally in bed, I can get quite bright circles, one in each eye, something like about 20% in diameter, when I look from one side to the other. The bright
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| Vision fades/fuzzes while playing musical instrument | 29 Oct 2005 12:44 GMT | 6 |
I've recently heard from several trombone players who say their vision sometimes gets fuzzy when playing, making it hard to focus on the sheet music. I've had it happen too.
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| floaters darkened a bit after pupil dilation, plausible? | 29 Oct 2005 07:02 GMT | 5 |
I noticed a very small subtle (~2%) darkening of point size floaters after pupil dilation was initiated by the ophthalmologist to see inside my retina. Is it possible that pupil dilation which I read can cause
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| Ambien(Zolpidem) & Glaucoma | 29 Oct 2005 05:25 GMT | 2 |
Does anyone know the mechanism by which Ambien/Zolpidem (a sleeping med) can sometimes cause glaucoma? It's one of the mentioned side effect. Thanks.
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| Is my prescription complete? | 29 Oct 2005 04:08 GMT | 1 |
I just picked up my glasses prescription today and it looks incomplete. The prescription is as follows: 150 x 117 125 x 082 No other information appears.
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| pupil dilation & halos on bright lights | 28 Oct 2005 05:46 GMT | 6 |
My eyes were checked inside and I have pupil dilation drops near the after. My iris got wide and my lens accomodation is affected for hours.
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| Physiology of Eyestrain | 28 Oct 2005 03:06 GMT | 30 |
When one is said to have eyestrain. What really goes on in the eye. Is there more blood to the optic nerve or retina?? I don't know what is wrong with my right eye. When I
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| Off topic but... | 27 Oct 2005 03:44 GMT | 7 |
Forgive me as this is not the place but since I have a nice dialogue going here and there are people I can call my friends, I wanted to write... My father passed away last Sunday evening time in Turkey. I learnt about the news yesterday. I had not talked to him last 6 months
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| Viagra & Blindness: True or false? | 27 Oct 2005 03:35 GMT | 8 |
My father is taking viagra and I'm concerned about it having attributed to causing blindness (NAION - Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy). I've been researching for weeks in the internet but can't
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| Blepharitis/Chalazions help.....!!! | 27 Oct 2005 01:08 GMT | 3 |
I have very bad blepharitis on my eyelids (doctor wanted to take my picture for a textbook..). I am extremely sensitive, so even a gentle clensing mostly results in chalazions, and later on surgeries. My doctor put me on Oral antibiotics, and while I'm on them I don't
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| Astigmatism Glasses Distortion | 27 Oct 2005 00:42 GMT | 5 |
I have recenlty had Lasik surgery to correct the following percription +2.50 -4.00 75 +2.50 -4.00 105 The result has been superb with a perfect left eye and a little
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| glasses smudge easily? | 26 Oct 2005 02:35 GMT | 13 |
I just got a pair of new polycarb glasses. (I posted before about the color fringes, but haven't decide what to do about that problem...) I don't know what my glasses have been made out of in the past, but if they got really dusty, I could just clean them off with my fingers. ...
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