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Do children outgrow hypermetropia?
Query: Hello doctor, My 3-year-old daughter has eye power of -2 and -1.75 myopia and 0.5 spherical in one eye with an axis of 100 in both eyes. Does she need to wear glasses? As I have an understanding kids, the eyes are still developing till the age of 5 or 6. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Do you have a prescription that you can upload? I am not able to ascertain if she has a cylinder in both eyes or one eye. Read Full »
Can weak eyesight cause sunken eyes?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 24-year-old. My eyesight is getting weak and I got sunken eyes. Does weak eyesight having a connection with sunken eyes? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The appearance of sunken eyes could be a relative thing depending on various factors like lack of normal sleep patterns, hydration if you are not consuming enough water, recent weight loss, anemia and vitamin and mineral deficiencies like vitamin C, K or iron, eating... Read Full »
Can you reverse the change in eye power caused by using wrong glasses?
Query: Hi doctor, Before two years, I had an SPH of +0.5 in the right eye and ADD of +1.25. In my left eye, I had an SPH of +0.75 and ADD of +1.25. But I was using a glass having SPH of +1.50 and ADD of +1.25 in my right eye and SPH of +1.50 and ADD of +1.25 in my left eye. Yesterday, I went to a test a... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. According to your age, you are having hypermetropia. It is called far-sightedness. In this, distant objects can be seen clearly but near focus seems to be blurred without glasses. As you are 46 years old, so this is an age to have a cataract. Once you have it, it gets i... Read Full »
I have hypermetropia of very high degree. Can it be corrected with surgery?
Query: Hello doctor,I am concerned about my eye health I have hypermetropia of very high degree. Can it be corrected with surgery? I am wearing high power specs for long would it have affected my eye health? Please help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I could understand that you wanted to get an insight of the surgical options for correction of hypermetropia. Yes, there are many surgical options. All of them require these basic parameters like, central corneal thickness, endothelial cell count, anterior chamber de... Read Full »
Are specs needed for cylindrical power of 1 and 1. 25?
Query: Hi doctor, My son is 5 years old. His doctor told that he has a cylindrical power of 1 and 1.25. He also said that his muscle power is weak. Is it a must to wear eyeglasses? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern regarding your child. Yes, he definitely has to use glasses as you said that your child is having cylindrical power in both eyes. If he will not use glasses, then he will keep on complaining of headache and keep on squeezing his eyes, wh... Read Full »
How is hypermetropia corrected?
Query: Hi doctor, Before three years I had Lasik surgery for my eyes, which were -7 in both. Afterwards I started developing hypermetropia reaching +1.75 L and +1.5 R. Recently, I started losing focus and binocularity when dealing with near objects and my left eye tends to shift away from my nose that is e... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. My suggestion is to get cycloplegic refraction done and use glasses as per prescription given after cycloplegic refraction. Ask your doctor to check your convergence as you might have convergence weakness. If there is convergence weakness then start convergence exerci... Read Full »