could someone help me with an eye question please?

[loopylou6]

is it possible to be short/long sighted in one eye and not the other? have noticed that my left eye has perfect sight, but my right eye is not so good, can only read things close up with the bad eye, things far away are blurry, but like i said the left eye is fine, am confused coz i thought both eyes would be the same?

No, both eyes need not be the same. I have an astigmatism in one eye and not the other. My mother is longsighted in one eye and shortsighted in the other. Opticians carefully test both eyes and record the measurements separately, showing that there is no assumption both eyes will be the same.

Yes it is possible. Not wildly common, but perefctly possible

yes. I am shortsighted and astigmatic to quite different degrees in each eye.

thanks everyone for taking the time to reply, am starting to feel a little better now, was getting myself into a bit of a panick imagining i had eye tumours etc...

Time for an opticians appt I think

We have just found out my DS 12 is short sighted in his right eye. The left eye is nearly normal. He hasn't been given glasses yet but we have to go back in april to see if they are getting worse.

thank you is shortsighted where u have trouble seeing things fara way?

loopy - yes it is perfectly possible to have different prescriptions in each eye. in fact it is more uncommon to have exactly the same prescription in each eye. from what you describe it sounds like you have emetropia (no precription) in one eye and myopia (short sight) in the other, rather than one short sighted and one long sighted eye.

I agree with BadKitten - get thee to an opticians, you may need some specs, especially if you drive. HTH.

ooo thank you UD, thats very helpful

another qyestion sorry, is it something u are born with or is it something that can develop over time, i am 25

My DS wasn't short sighted until the latest checkup. I wasn't shortsighted until I was about 20.

it can be either. i have genetic myopia, but it can develop over time.

short/long sightedness is caused by the shape of your eye, usually. and as you grow, so does your eye, and it can grow in a different shape. basically.

thanks for answering my questions i tend to get myself into a bit of a panic

aww, bless you. have you got a sight test booked?

no, not as yet, havent been for an eye test for 5 years, last one was when i has flashing lights out of the corners of ny eyes, they dilated my eyes and diognosed me with migraine phenomanor (sp) am scared to go noe though incase theres summit reallt wrong with my eye, like a tumour or summit i know i sound silly

FWIW - what you describe here does not sound symptomatic of a tumour but i'm not an optometrist, and you should make an appointment as soon as you can. Tesco sometimes do free ones.

think of it like doing a pg test when you don't really want to be pg. you have the fear of not knowing and the fear of what might be, but then after you've done it, you've just got the fear of coping with whatever the result is. so the fear of the unknown is eliminated.

i do waffle on. sorry.

thanks TUD, its ok, i like wafflers, i am one of those myself and for what its worth, your "waffling" has been extremely helpful XX

oh good, i am glad.

make the appointment tomorrow , then come back on here and tell me about it!