I have had to wear 1.75 prescription reading glasses for years....in the last few weeks my eyesight has improved for no obvious reason to the point I can read the computer screen without glasses with only a slight blur and using pound shop 1.25 readers I have to be nearer than 500mm for totally clear vision ...this is worrying me because I think there must be a reason for this and something nasty is about to happen...can't find any mention of this phenomenon on the internet
OT Vision question...you guys know everything ...
Jan 15, 2021
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How old are you? (Serious question)
Diabetes and varying blood sugar levels? Higher or lower blood pressure?
I went from a smidge long-sighted to short-sighted over about a year. Reason: cataracts. Get an optician to check for that.
68
Had a feeling it might be that...thanks....couple of years ago she said I had the start of them....
all steady
At that sort of age both my father and I found our "short sight" improving considerably, although over a timescale of years rather than a few weeks. Looking up my old prescriptions, the shift was about a dioptre over eight years. Enough to make the difference between being virtually helpless without glasses to being able to move around and do basic things both indoors and outdoors.
The other common change typically from 60 onwards is the loss of accomodation, hence the need for reading glasses for many people.
As others have said, there are medical conditions that could explain more rapid changes so might be worth getting an eye test as a first (which should be free). Prescribing opticians have quite high medical qualifications covering eyes.
Don't you get them checked every year? The NHS pays at your age.
And astigmatism
All of what everyone else says. Also:
The iris becomes less responsive with age and the pupil contracts.
A smaller pupil lessens many of the aberrations and tends towards a pinhole camera where you may perceive vision to be improving.
I might suggest a visit to the opticians is in order.
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If they "know everything", why don't they give us a plan for World Peace?
got that as well...
what?
misshapened eyeballs
Cataracts are not a huge serious deal, takes 20 mins to replace your eye lens (per eye) although you will need eye drops for a month. They don't do both eyes at once.
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Because if you don?t heal, you will be blind.
My eyes have changed as I have grown older. About a month ago I went to the opticians because me glasses were no longer correct. The optician told me that the amount of change was not unreasonable since my last visit was 3 years ago. I wear varifocals all the time. I can focus on something by raising and lowering my head.
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