contacts for extreme myopia and near work.

I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
(looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
there.

Tom

On Feb 12, 9:30 am, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
wrote:
> I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
> disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
> considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
> to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
> find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
> (looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
> there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
> looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
> there.
>
> Tom

Dear Tom,

-10.5 & -12 are not moderate. They are pretty severe. Since you do
near work all day, it is better to wear reading glasses over your
contact lenses while doing near work. This will prevent your myopia
from getting worse. The power of the reading glasses depends on the
distance between your eyes and the computer monitor. If the monitor
is 20" (0.5m) away from your eyes, you could use +2.00D reading
glasses.

D = 1/f = 1/0.5 = +2.00

If the monitor is further away, you could use +1.50D reading
glasses.

Try to read at your maximum clear distance. It is best to read at the
distance where the letters appear very slighly blurred but still
legible. This eliminates all the stress in the eye which causes the
myopia to get worse.

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Myopia Cure Promoter
http://www.geocities.com/myopiacure

On Feb 12, 11:24 am, myopiac...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Feb 12, 9:30 am, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
> > disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
> > considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
> > to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
> > find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
> > (looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
> > there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
> > looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
> > there.
>
> > Tom
>
> Dear Tom,
>
> -10.5 & -12 are not moderate. They are pretty severe. Since you do
> near work all day, it is better to wear reading glasses over your
> contact lenses while doing near work. This will prevent your myopia
> from getting worse.

Interesting.

Enticing, even.

Can you please provide any evidence that this is true? You know:
randomized, controlled human testing that's been published in peer-
reviewed, refereed journals, or similar?

Thanks.

On Feb 12, 1:24 pm, myopiac...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Feb 12, 9:30 am, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
> > disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
> > considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
> > to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
> > find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
> > (looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
> > there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
> > looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
> > there.
>
> > Tom
>
> Dear Tom,
>
> -10.5 & -12 are not moderate. They are pretty severe. Since you do
> near work all day, it is better to wear reading glasses over your
> contact lenses while doing near work. This will prevent your myopia
> from getting worse. The power of the reading glasses depends on the
> distance between your eyes and the computer monitor. If the monitor
> is 20" (0.5m) away from your eyes, you could use +2.00D reading
> glasses.
>
> D = 1/f = 1/0.5 = +2.00
>
> If the monitor is further away, you could use +1.50D reading
> glasses.
>
> Try to read at your maximum clear distance. It is best to read at the
> distance where the letters appear very slighly blurred but still
> legible. This eliminates all the stress in the eye which causes the
> myopia to get worse.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Myopia Cure Promoterhttp://www.geocities.com/myopiacure

The reason this advice is worthless is because it is based upon the
fundamental misunderstanding that accommodative "stress" causes
myopia. What is more likely the case is that inadequate accommodation
probably contributes to myopia in a person who has the genetic
predisposition.

DrG

On Feb 12, 2:59 pm, "Dr. Leukoma" <d...@leukoma.com> wrote:
> On Feb 12, 1:24 pm, myopiac...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 12, 9:30 am, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > I have fairly moderate myopia -10.5 & -12, I've been wearing
> > > disposable soft contacts for the past few years and maybe swam
> > > considering itching to gas permeable lenses. Is there any advantage
> > > to one or another? Does anyone have any recommendations. Also, I
> > > find myself in an environment where I do near work nealry all day
> > > (looking at a computer monitor). With my degree of correction is
> > > there anything that I should be really concerned about since im
> > > looking at a screen nearly all day? I appreciate any opions out
> > > there.
>
> > > Tom
>
> > Dear Tom,
>
> > -10.5 & -12 are not moderate. They are pretty severe. Since you do
> > near work all day, it is better to wear reading glasses over your
> > contact lenses while doing near work. This will prevent your myopia
> > from getting worse. The power of the reading glasses depends on the
> > distance between your eyes and the computer monitor. If the monitor
> > is 20" (0.5m) away from your eyes, you could use +2.00D reading
> > glasses.
>
> > D = 1/f = 1/0.5 = +2.00
>
> > If the monitor is further away, you could use +1.50D reading
> > glasses.
>
> > Try to read at your maximum clear distance. It is best to read at the
> > distance where the letters appear very slighly blurred but still
> > legible. This eliminates all the stress in the eye which causes the
> > myopia to get worse.
>
> > Hope this helps.
>
> > Best regards,
>
> > Myopia Cure Promoterhttp://www.geocities.com/myopiacure
>
> The reason this advice is worthless is because it is based upon the
> fundamental misunderstanding that accommodative "stress" causes
> myopia. What is more likely the case is that inadequate accommodation
> probably contributes to myopia in a person who has the genetic
> predisposition.
>
> DrG


I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
it is.

regards

On Feb 12, 3:56 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote
>
> > I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
> > any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
> > do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
> > it is.
>
> The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
> genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.
>
> So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
> could have any influence.
>
> -MT


I can tell you that is the case. My father is -13 and I have a
brother who is around -8 or -9. However, I have twin brothers who see
better than 20/20. Bad luck in the gene pool on this one.

On Feb 12, 3:07 pm, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
wrote:
> On Feb 12, 3:56 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote
>
> > > I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
> > > any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
> > > do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
> > > it is.
>
> > The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
> > genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.
>
> > So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
> > could have any influence.
>
> > -MT
>
> I can tell you that is the case. My father is -13 and I have a
> brother who is around -8 or -9. However, I have twin brothers who see
> better than 20/20. Bad luck in the gene pool on this one.

The primary catalyst for your myopia is genetic. But, I am also of
the opinion that closework can also be influential in how fast it
progresses. So, there are some harmless things you can do, although
they may not work. Wearing bifocal contact lenses might be one of
those things.

DrG

On Feb 12, 4:33 pm, "Dr. Leukoma" <d...@leukoma.com> wrote:
> On Feb 12, 3:07 pm, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 12, 3:56 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > > "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote
>
> > > > I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
> > > > any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
> > > > do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
> > > > it is.
>
> > > The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
> > > genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.
>
> > > So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
> > > could have any influence.
>
> > > -MT
>
> > I can tell you that is the case. My father is -13 and I have a
> > brother who is around -8 or -9. However, I have twin brothers who see
> > better than 20/20. Bad luck in the gene pool on this one.
>
> The primary catalyst for your myopia is genetic. But, I am also of
> the opinion that closework can also be influential in how fast it
> progresses. So, there are some harmless things you can do, although
> they may not work. Wearing bifocal contact lenses might be one of
> those things.
>
> DrG

How about wearing reading glasses while working at the computer. good/
bad idea?

Tom

On Feb 12, 3:47 pm, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
wrote:
> On Feb 12, 4:33 pm, "Dr. Leukoma" <d...@leukoma.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 12, 3:07 pm, "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 12, 3:56 pm, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > > > "javerra" <tnava...@flipforwardinteractive.com> wrote
>
> > > > > I appreciate the discussion and find it really interesting. Is there
> > > > > any solid, sound advice that can answer my questions? I just want to
> > > > > do everything in my power to keep my sight from getting any worse than
> > > > > it is.
>
> > > > The solid, sound evidence says the higher your myopia, the more likely it is
> > > > genetic, and the less it has to do with anything in your environment.
>
> > > > So at -10 and -12, it's unlikely that modifying your glasses or contacts
> > > > could have any influence.
>
> > > > -MT
>
> > > I can tell you that is the case. My father is -13 and I have a
> > > brother who is around -8 or -9. However, I have twin brothers who see
> > > better than 20/20. Bad luck in the gene pool on this one.
>
> > The primary catalyst for your myopia is genetic. But, I am also of
> > the opinion that closework can also be influential in how fast it
> > progresses. So, there are some harmless things you can do, although
> > they may not work. Wearing bifocal contact lenses might be one of
> > those things.
>
> > DrG
>
> How about wearing reading glasses while working at the computer. good/
> bad idea?
>
> Tom- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Do you suffer from blurred distance vison after a long session at the
computer? How long does it take your vision to clear? Has somebody
ever measured how much accommodation you actually have? If you don't
have enough accommodation, then you should be using reading glasses.
If you are unable to relax your accommodation after prolonged close
work, then maybe that should be addressed as well.

DrG