Losing one's vision can become distressing. In the start, if as normal, you start to lose your eyesight at around 40 years of age, it is the first sign of impending old age, but later as it deteriorates further, individuals begin to worry whether they will go blind.
Well, if you need specs at 40 then yes, it is the first sign of impending old age, but there are not so many people who go completely blind now due to advancements in knowledge about the eyes and how to treat impairments.
There is nothing you can do regarding the former difficulty, but at least two routes you can take to resolving the latter.
Most people 'blindly' follow their opticians advice and purchase specs or contact lenses. This is the best choice for the optician and the cheapest option for the client in the short term. It is good for the optician because you will probably require new spectacles every two years and contact wearers have to keep buying contact lenses too.
It is handy for the customer because the outlay is small if you do not go for designer frames like Gucci or Levi. In the long term, though the client pays out many, many times more than if a different procedure had been chosen.
One of these other courses of action is Lasik surgery. This is expensive up front, but can last for 20 years although you might still need spectacles for either long or short distances. Most individuals have their long distance sight corrected and never ever have a problem with it again, although they do still need reading glasses.
A third option, which you might like to attempt instead of or in conjunction with any of the above is called Natural Vision Improvement. It has to be said that the technique of Natural Vision Improvement has more detractors than supporters, but some people treat it as a form of yoga for the eyes which cannot do any harm.
The point here though is that if you would like to try Natural Vision Improvement, you should still go to an optician regularly so that they can check for eye diseases like glaucoma and macular degeneration, which Natural Vision Improvement cannot hope to, nor does it claim to, cure.
Proponents of Natural Vision Improvement say that contemporary apparatus like TV screens and monitors and even living in a city where long distance eyesight is almost unnecessary because it is blocked by buildings a few yards away, have trained us to 'see badly'.
They say that we have to relearn how to see properly. They even go as far as to say that glasses and contact lenses may be part of the problem.
By this they mean that as your eyes get used to corrective lenses, they come to rely on them and so become weaker. Therefore, the next time your sight is measured, you will need stronger spectacles.
The Natural Vision Improvement philosophy says to use the weakest lenses that you can and make your eyes work harder. In this fashion, they insist, the next time you go for a check up, you can get weaker lenses not stronger ones until eventually you do not need spectacles at all.
Some opticians and optometrists will work with you if you would like to try this path, but you may have to look about for one. One vital point around the Natural Vision Improvement method is that if your impaired eyesight could present a danger to yourself and others, you should wear normal, full-strength specs when carrying out those activities (like driving).
Well, if you need specs at 40 then yes, it is the first sign of impending old age, but there are not so many people who go completely blind now due to advancements in knowledge about the eyes and how to treat impairments.
There is nothing you can do regarding the former difficulty, but at least two routes you can take to resolving the latter.
Most people 'blindly' follow their opticians advice and purchase specs or contact lenses. This is the best choice for the optician and the cheapest option for the client in the short term. It is good for the optician because you will probably require new spectacles every two years and contact wearers have to keep buying contact lenses too.
It is handy for the customer because the outlay is small if you do not go for designer frames like Gucci or Levi. In the long term, though the client pays out many, many times more than if a different procedure had been chosen.
One of these other courses of action is Lasik surgery. This is expensive up front, but can last for 20 years although you might still need spectacles for either long or short distances. Most individuals have their long distance sight corrected and never ever have a problem with it again, although they do still need reading glasses.
A third option, which you might like to attempt instead of or in conjunction with any of the above is called Natural Vision Improvement. It has to be said that the technique of Natural Vision Improvement has more detractors than supporters, but some people treat it as a form of yoga for the eyes which cannot do any harm.
The point here though is that if you would like to try Natural Vision Improvement, you should still go to an optician regularly so that they can check for eye diseases like glaucoma and macular degeneration, which Natural Vision Improvement cannot hope to, nor does it claim to, cure.
Proponents of Natural Vision Improvement say that contemporary apparatus like TV screens and monitors and even living in a city where long distance eyesight is almost unnecessary because it is blocked by buildings a few yards away, have trained us to 'see badly'.
They say that we have to relearn how to see properly. They even go as far as to say that glasses and contact lenses may be part of the problem.
By this they mean that as your eyes get used to corrective lenses, they come to rely on them and so become weaker. Therefore, the next time your sight is measured, you will need stronger spectacles.
The Natural Vision Improvement philosophy says to use the weakest lenses that you can and make your eyes work harder. In this fashion, they insist, the next time you go for a check up, you can get weaker lenses not stronger ones until eventually you do not need spectacles at all.
Some opticians and optometrists will work with you if you would like to try this path, but you may have to look about for one. One vital point around the Natural Vision Improvement method is that if your impaired eyesight could present a danger to yourself and others, you should wear normal, full-strength specs when carrying out those activities (like driving).
About the Author:
Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a number of topics, but is now concerned with macular degeneration test. If you want to know more, please go to our site at Macular Degenerative Disease