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Is there any technology for curing myopia?

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  • C Chen XuNuo

    Christian Graus wrote:

    You can't make yourself short sighted by not protecting your eyes as a child.

    Why?But wear glasses is not convinient,for example when I do sports.

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    Yes you can, but not ordinary glasses. I definitely saw some professional athletes with glasses. And, you can try contact lenses. -- modified at 7:25 Wednesday 11th July, 2007


    "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus "Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

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      Yes you can, but not ordinary glasses. I definitely saw some professional athletes with glasses. And, you can try contact lenses. -- modified at 7:25 Wednesday 11th July, 2007


      "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus "Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

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      Chen XuNuo
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      Atlets?What is "atlets"? :(..Short sight is trouble~

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        Yes you can, but not ordinary glasses. I definitely saw some professional athletes with glasses. And, you can try contact lenses. -- modified at 7:25 Wednesday 11th July, 2007


        "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus "Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

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        Sebastian Schneider
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        The result of a hard lense shattering in your eye after being hit by a ball is not desireable. Trust me on that. Either wear sports glasses or have a laser correction (if possible). Soft lenses might be an alternative, but you have a hell of a time trying to get them out if they get pushed into the socket.

        Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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        • C Chen XuNuo

          Christian Graus wrote:

          You can't make yourself short sighted by not protecting your eyes as a child.

          Why?But wear glasses is not convinient,for example when I do sports.

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          Corinna John
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          You can become short sighted, because it's in the family, or by overstressing your eyes. It has got nothing to do with a lack of "protection". Laser surgery is expensive and still a little risky. The best way to see sharp (C#??) is to wear glasses or soft lenses. Glasses: Very easy to handle and clean. You can take them off when you don't need them, clean them with your sleeves, give yourself a new face by choosing a new design, and so on. Soft lenses: Depends on your eyes. If you have very dry eyes, forget it. If your eyes are healthy, you should try them. They are very comfortable during (non-water) sports. Lenses must be kept clean with special liquids! Otherwise you may catch infections or the lenses will become white. If you decide to wear soft lenses, you should have additional glasses for morning/night. Laser surgery: Talk to a doctor. It only makes sense when your eyes won't get worse anymore.

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          • C Chen XuNuo

            Atlets?What is "atlets"? :(..Short sight is trouble~

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            Sebastian Schneider
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            Athletes.

            Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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              The result of a hard lense shattering in your eye after being hit by a ball is not desireable. Trust me on that. Either wear sports glasses or have a laser correction (if possible). Soft lenses might be an alternative, but you have a hell of a time trying to get them out if they get pushed into the socket.

              Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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              Corinna John
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              Soft lenses + dry eyes = 30 minutes in the bathroom trying to get that damn lense of of your eye X|

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                Athletes.

                Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                DavidNohejl
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                yeah, thanks :O


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                  Soft lenses + dry eyes = 30 minutes in the bathroom trying to get that damn lense of of your eye X|

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                  Sebastian Schneider
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                  Corinna, don't you have a bottle of NaCl-Solution handy? I used to buy them along with the cleaning fluid. If the lense was too dry or I got into a dry environment, I would occasionally drop a little of it onto my lenses - voila, no problem :)

                  Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                    The result of a hard lense shattering in your eye after being hit by a ball is not desireable. Trust me on that. Either wear sports glasses or have a laser correction (if possible). Soft lenses might be an alternative, but you have a hell of a time trying to get them out if they get pushed into the socket.

                    Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                    Abu Mami
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                    I understand that this more or less is how radial keratotomy (the surgery for nearsightedness) was discovered. A young boy in Russia was hit in the eye with a light bulb which lacerated the surface of his cornea. After the eye healed, the vision in that eye was greatly improved. The attending doctor used this discovery to develop the surgical technique for correcting myopia. < I believe that this is more or less how it happened. >

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                    • S Sebastian Schneider

                      The result of a hard lense shattering in your eye after being hit by a ball is not desireable. Trust me on that. Either wear sports glasses or have a laser correction (if possible). Soft lenses might be an alternative, but you have a hell of a time trying to get them out if they get pushed into the socket.

                      Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                      DavidNohejl
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                      Sebastian Schneider wrote:

                      The result of a hard lense shattering in your eye after being hit by a ball is not desireable. Trust me on that.

                      Aw, my friend is wearing them :~


                      "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus "Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

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                      • C Corinna John

                        You can become short sighted, because it's in the family, or by overstressing your eyes. It has got nothing to do with a lack of "protection". Laser surgery is expensive and still a little risky. The best way to see sharp (C#??) is to wear glasses or soft lenses. Glasses: Very easy to handle and clean. You can take them off when you don't need them, clean them with your sleeves, give yourself a new face by choosing a new design, and so on. Soft lenses: Depends on your eyes. If you have very dry eyes, forget it. If your eyes are healthy, you should try them. They are very comfortable during (non-water) sports. Lenses must be kept clean with special liquids! Otherwise you may catch infections or the lenses will become white. If you decide to wear soft lenses, you should have additional glasses for morning/night. Laser surgery: Talk to a doctor. It only makes sense when your eyes won't get worse anymore.

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                        Sebastian Schneider
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                        Laser surgery also only works up to a certain level. I, for example, cannot have laser surgery, my cornea is not thick enough. Additionally, that won't change until they find a way to add refractive elements to my cornea permanently. :(

                        Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                          You can become short sighted, because it's in the family, or by overstressing your eyes. It has got nothing to do with a lack of "protection". Laser surgery is expensive and still a little risky. The best way to see sharp (C#??) is to wear glasses or soft lenses. Glasses: Very easy to handle and clean. You can take them off when you don't need them, clean them with your sleeves, give yourself a new face by choosing a new design, and so on. Soft lenses: Depends on your eyes. If you have very dry eyes, forget it. If your eyes are healthy, you should try them. They are very comfortable during (non-water) sports. Lenses must be kept clean with special liquids! Otherwise you may catch infections or the lenses will become white. If you decide to wear soft lenses, you should have additional glasses for morning/night. Laser surgery: Talk to a doctor. It only makes sense when your eyes won't get worse anymore.

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                          Chen XuNuo
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                          But what is to be done when I want to swim?

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                          • C Christian Graus

                            You can't make yourself short sighted by not protecting your eyes as a child. You can wear glasses, or you can have corrective surgery.

                            Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                            Christian Graus wrote:

                            you can have corrective surgery

                            I notice that many of the doctors performing this procedure wear glasses. If the procedure was so safe, why aren't they having it done themselves? :|

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                              But what is to be done when I want to swim?

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                              Christian Graus
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                              I used to wear contact lenses, which worked fine in water ( just wear a swim mask ). I had to stop wearing them, because they hurt my eyes ( mostly due to laziness on my part, I suspect ). I cannot have surgery, it cannot correct my astigmatism, so I'd still need glasses. I have a swimming mask which acts as a pair of glasses, the mask corrects my vision. Having said that, I don't find I need good eyesight in the pool, unless I have my kids with me and need to watch them.

                              Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                Christian Graus wrote:

                                you can have corrective surgery

                                I notice that many of the doctors performing this procedure wear glasses. If the procedure was so safe, why aren't they having it done themselves? :|

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                                Christian Graus
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                                LOL - yeah, I'm still not game to have it done, although I can't anyhow, because of my astigmatism.

                                Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                • C Chen XuNuo

                                  Without protecting my eyes when I am a child,I have a bad sight now,and everyone knows how discommodious it is.Is there any technology for curing it now?:(

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                                  Pete OHanlon
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                                  Chen-XuNuo wrote:

                                  everyone knows how discommodious it is

                                  I'm sorry, but I have to comment on your english here. Well done. This is one of the nicest ways you could possibly put this idea. Anyway - when you say you have bad eyesight now, what do you mean? Are you short-sighted, or do you have other eye problems such as astigmatism?

                                  Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today. Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                                    LOL - yeah, I'm still not game to have it done, although I can't anyhow, because of my astigmatism.

                                    Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                    Pete OHanlon
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                                    Christian Graus wrote:

                                    although I can't anyhow, because of my astigmatism.

                                    Why not? My squash partner had WaveFront surgery on his eyes to correct his astigmatism.

                                    Please visit http://www.readytogiveup.com/ and do something special today. Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                                      Christian Graus wrote:

                                      you can have corrective surgery

                                      I notice that many of the doctors performing this procedure wear glasses. If the procedure was so safe, why aren't they having it done themselves? :|

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                                      Corinna John
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                                      I know a guy who had it done. In bright daylight he can see great, but he has bad problems in dim light. I prefer good sight in every light except 99% darkness, so I'd still wear glasses, even if I hadn't any astigmatism.

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                                        Corinna, don't you have a bottle of NaCl-Solution handy? I used to buy them along with the cleaning fluid. If the lense was too dry or I got into a dry environment, I would occasionally drop a little of it onto my lenses - voila, no problem :)

                                        Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

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                                        Corinna John
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                                        Sometimes it was not possible, because in an instant - I didn't find out why - my eye became so red and swollen that I wasn't able to open it anymore. Tears were streaming out of it like rivers, but the lense itself was hidden unreachably under the eyelid. Very uncomfortable situation. It happened mostly in the evenings. I threw away my soft lenses in 1997, since then I'm back to glasses.

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                                        • C Chen XuNuo

                                          But what is to be done when I want to swim?

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                                          JudyL_MD
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                                          I scuba dive and have had corrective lenses made that are attached to the inside of my dive mask. My husbands eyes are much better than mine but still near-sighted and he uses a standard mask with snap-in off-the-shelf corrective lenses. I'd be surprised if somebody doesn't make something similar for swim goggles. Judy

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