Chance of going blind? - Eye & Vision Message Board

alwayshere · 06-05-2006, 11:09 AM

Hi,
I'm 17 and when I was about 9 my school done their first eye test and discovered that I have really bad vision in my left eye, since then my eyes kept deteriorating I got told that eventually my left eye may go completely blind is that possible? My right eye has got just as bad as my left now so I have to wear glasses 24/7 or I can wear my toric contacts but I can only wear them for about 8hours.
I also have astigmatism and I see things called "floaters" but recently at night I have been seeing reasonably large black spots I'm not sure whether they are something to worry about?
I also get migraines on a regular basis, I was told to stop eating certain foods and not to be in the sun that often and to try not to concentrate too much is there anything else I can do? It's quite difficult to not concentrate as much because I am studying for my As levels and I have started suffering from severe arthritis in all of my joints.
I'm getting awfully tired with these problems that I keep getting, I have only mentioned a few medical problems that I have.

Thanks for your help.

squatchimo · 06-05-2006, 05:24 PM

What's your vision with your glasses or contacts on?

KeelaC · 06-06-2006, 08:06 AM

And what exactly is wrong with your eyes? You have astigmatism and what else? When you said your left eye was much worse than your right, I thought "amblyopia", but now your right eye is just as bad. Are you nearsighted (myopic)?

alwayshere · 06-07-2006, 06:48 AM

All that i have been told is that my left eye is really weak, its the wrong shape (more of an oval shape than round). The shape could have been altered if the eye test was done earlier i think they said before the age of 7.

Due to the bad eyesight on my left eye my right eye got strained and gradually that got really bad too.

I also asked my optician if they could give me my vision on there but they didn't that time. However I can tell you what it says on my contacts box? Well on my contacts box it says under the power part for my right eye -1.25*180. Then on my left contact box it says -2.25*170. I can see most things with my contacts on, they had to give me reasonably weak contacts for left eye because they couldn't get one strong enough for my left eye.

Urm about my eyesight, i can't see anything through my left eye everything is blurry. I can see something when it is really close. The same goes for my right eye.

I'm not sure whether thats of any help, sorry if it isn't.

KeelaC · 06-08-2006, 06:26 AM

That sounds like the script for the astigmatism which isn't too bad.
Well, I don't know what to tell you; maybe Squatchimo can suggest something.