Blurry Vision and Lasik Surgery – Ever wondered why suddenly a menu seems harder to be read in dim light or road signs seems to blurry, or whiteboards turning into fuzzy puzzles
A lot depends on your age how your eyes evolve with time.
Dr. Shashi Kapoor, shared insights that reveal more than just statistics, which offer a roadmap on how to preserve your vision at every stage of life.
Most Common vision issues depends on how over the years, your eye refracts light.
This includes myopia (nearsightedness), hypermetropia (farsightedness), and presbyopia, an age-related decline in the ability to focus on close objects.
For most of the Refractive errors of eyes, lasik sugery is the best corrective measures.
AGEING EYES: WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING?
- According to Dr. Shashi Kapoor, our vision is more inclined towards hypermetropia from myopia as accommodation declines.
- Because as you age lens inside our eyes start stiffening and ciliary muscles become weak.
AGEING EYES: WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING?
- According to Dr. Shashi Kapoor, our vision is more inclined towards hypermetropia from myopia as accommodation declines.
- Because as you age lens inside our eyes start stiffening and ciliary muscles become weak.
Everything above depends on lifestyle
- Due to near work, use of mobile phones, laptops and other screens and reduced outdoor activities myopia seems to be more prevalent in young individuals.
- Apart from everyday hours of screen exposure, lack of exposure to sunlight is also one of the reasons of increasing of myopia in youth.
- Nowadays hypermetropia is also becoming very common in 30’s and early 40’s, in which eyes struggle to focus on small, fine or nearby things.
- As the ciliary muscles start weakening and lens begin to stiffen, hypermetropia starts showing up.
- Once you are in your 40’s reading glasses become important tool as it’s a beginning of presbyopia in which more light is needed to read texts or need to hold reading material near to your eyes.
- You might notice yourself enlarging text on your phone, needing brighter lights to read, or having to hold reading material at arm’s length or blurry vision
WHY ROUTINE EYE EXAMS ARE A MUST
- Dr. Shashi Kapoor strongly recommend for regular eye checkup as one realizes when vision significantly deteriorates as above changes take place slowly. As lasik surgery is the ultimate solution, its important to understand when it is needed.
HOW TO SPOT EARLY SIGNS OF EYE AGEING?
- According to the study’s findings and Dr. Shashi Kapoor’s recommendations:
- Have your eyes checked annually even if you think your vision is fine and reduce screen time, take frequent breaks using the 20-20-20 rule (every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds).
- Spending more time outdoors, adequate exposure to sunlight might slow the progression of myopia in young adults and children.
- Headaches, blurry vision, strained eyes etc. could be early signs of progression of eye disease. So getting corrective measures like lasik surgery in time can help in keep eyes healthy.
DON’T TAKE YOUR EYES FOR GRANTED
Your eyes are busy whole day doing lot of activities from readings books, emails to watching movies etc. More attention towards changes and timely check-up’s shall help in keeping eyes more healthy and clear.
For detailed check up of your eyes, you can visit Kapoor Eye Centre or visit www.lasikvision.in
