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Bilberry prevents myopia progression. Also, how do you diagnose IOP? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296196/
There are devices to measure IOP, most used but kind of inaccurate with a small „air burst“ on your eye. There seem to be more accurate measurement methods but they involve „touching“ the eye.
>I am not a medical professional And that's where I stopped reading
I can focus my eyes without glasses (20/15), and with glasses too. I can try on the glasses of a myopic person and still bring everything into focus, although it's an eye strain like I'm trying to focus on something 2 inches from my face. Astigmatism is tough though- either the horizontal is in focus, or the vertical, but not both at the same time. One aspect of this that I haven't heard anyone talk about is the fact…
> if you have bright enough light This part isn't practice, it's the pupils contracting that improves the focus like looking through a pinhole does.
I got LASIK last year, after a lifetime of being basically legally blind without glasses. It was absolutely worth it and I regret nothing.
At what age did you get? I only found a doctor that suggested LASIK now that I'm old (37), which I know is late for this, still I feel like doing it - even if to play with my kid without glasses for 10 years.
My only regret is not doing it sooner.
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Can't find it right now, but there was a retweet by longevity scientist David Sinclair about a study in mice that exposure to UV-C could potentially reverse aging (and myopia) of the eyes. I'll edit if I find the reference. What I do is regularly go for a walk in the sun for up to half an hour without wearing glasses or contacts. If it doesn't work, I'll be getting a good dose of vitamin D in any case.
As far as I understand it, David Sinclair lost all credibility when he was invited to debate scientists in real life and refuse. The rate at which he spins up companies is also a bit alarming. This is as someone who would love for what he is preaching to turn out to be true.
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here's the study : https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2018840118
here's DS's retweet : https://twitter.com/davidasinclair/status/145775319654643712...
I misrepresented DS's retweet comment and it is not as spectacular as I made it seem. In any case, intresting.
There's also interesting theories about bright light exposure preventing myopia in children. Send your kids outside at recess every day :)
I got myopia during an age where I was exposed to very bright light everyday. Playing cricket everyday under scorching hot southern India summers didn't help prevent it.
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I can attest that I’ve gone from -5.75 to -5.00. And I’ve stopped what felt like an inevitable worsening of my vision. Anecdotally people have reported you can improve at about 0.75 diopters per year and that resonates with my experiences. Also anecdotally, people who spend a lot of times outdoors seem to recover faster.
I move my screen back and don't wear glasses during work. I also have an eye chart hanging in front of me across the room. I stuck to near-far focus exercises for about 6 months at some point. My eyesight has not improved. I do notice completely different ability to read the chart during the day - sometimes I can read letters 5x smaller than the large letters, and sometimes I can barely read the large letters. Sunlig…
Ophthalmologist here. The myopia epidemic is real thing. The advice given in this post is not a dangerous thing to try. However, I doubt that the theory is true, and I doubt that following this method will really help myopic patients. Let's try to justify this point : "The long-term use of over-correcting glasses induces myopia" This is quite true. But it induces a myopia which is reversible. Overcorrection (which we…
Worsened dryness as an outcome from LASIK is the only thing holding me back from it. Would love some feedback!
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There are devices to measure IOP, most used but kind of inaccurate with a small „air burst“ on your eye. There seem to be more accurate measurement methods but they involve „touching“ the eye.
Can an amateur buy them online?
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Can an amateur buy them online?
No definitely not. Your doctor has it. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraocular_pressure
also: > Differences in pressure between the two eyes are often clinically significant, and potentially associated with certain types of glaucoma, as well as iritis or retinal detachment.