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“LASIK Surgery are you a candidate?” For many of us surgery can be a confusing and intimidating procedure, thankfully the Food and Drug Administration or as they’re commonly know the FDA have provided a ‘checklist’ which will enable you to make a well informed decision based on accurate information. With this in hand you will be able to inquire the appropriate questions during consultation and confidently choose a physician who meets your desires.
Do you consider yourself the right candidate for LASIK Surgery?
As you go through the list take your time, be patient it is important to contemplate with an objective view in mind.
Are you financially able to incur such an expense?
Does your profession at all restrict you from undertaking ‘refractive surgery?’
Do you have any other ‘eye condition’ over and above the need to wear glasses or contact lenses?
Within the last year have you found it necessary to change the prescription of your glasses?
Is your prescription unusually strong or do you occasionally use your glasses and contacts on a daily basis?
In soft lighting do your pupils dilate?
Do you have dry eyes?
Do you have any form of chronic illnesses that may hamper your complete and successful recovery?
Are you currently taking any forms of drugs that could hinder you from a full recovery?
Are your corneas thin or thick?
Once you have considered each question carefully consider the following limitations or risks that could occur during and after the procedure has taken place.
Restrictions and possible risks that may take place
‘Contrast sensitivity’ can occur in which your vision is drastically reduced in soft lighting.
Night driving, glare, starbursts and halos may occur as visual symptoms after surgery.
If you had dry eyes before LASIK Surgery there is a greater possibility of it further increasing. It must be noted that chronic dry eyes can occur after the procedure has taken place.
Over-treatment and under-treatment may occur are you in the position to have further surgeries.
LASIK surgery is not a guarantee that reading glasses may not still be a necessity thereafter.
Do you understand the additional risks that may occur by having both eyes treated simultaneously?
It should be noted that such a procedure may cause temporary blindness or loss of vision.
There is no actual proof that LASIK Surgery will have a long term benefit without the need for further correction.
The patient information booklet gives particulars on laser treatment and should be carefully considered by all who are contemplating LASIK Surgery.
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Posted in Health Issues · November 17th, 2009 · Comments (0)
Astigmatism is an eye defect wherein there is a malformed curvature of the eye lens. Ordinarily, the means to correct astigmatism is to have glasses. In our family with 7 members, a couple of us are ill with astigmatism, my brother and I. My brother’s astigmatism was discovered before mine. And since he already ailing with altered eyesight, purporting his vision is not 20/20 anymore- it just made the situation worse. And since Laser Vision Corection was not that commonly offered and well-known, our parents brought him to an Ophthalmologist and then directed to wear curative glasses. He had to wear glasses continually except when he was washing his face or sleeping. A year or two had gone by and yet his vision did not get better and he still suffered astigmatism. And since the disorder is not astigmatism only, his eye grade adjusted over time and he had to switch his eyeglasses. Unfortunately, the maintenance is quite expensive and is continual.
As for me, I have a 20/20 and 20/25 eyesight and is positive for astigmatism too. Like my brother, I had to wear remedial eyeglasses too and since I was so not in the habit of wearing something for my eye, I often don’t wear it and more often lose it. It was very difficult and irritating, I thought.
It was in the late months of 2008 that Lasik laser eye surgery was suggested by a family friend. He said it was only a minor surgical treatment and that the recovery from it was fast and that he was able to see its consequence and the covalescence it has done to his sister. We were first cynical and thought it was very invasive but then my brother was very fervent to try it. He was 22 when he went through the operation.
It was his left eye that underwent surgery at first. My brother said there was no hurting in any way. He only experienced some sort of heaviness to his eye and not surprisingly the dryness; but there is no considerable pain, per se. The whole process took only 14 minutes and even after that, my brother did not complain of any hurting or halos or blurring of eyesight at all. He was ordered to take in antibiotics and eye drops to help maintain the wetness of the healing eye. My brother was directed to wear an eye shield particulary at night, avoid gobbling seafood for at least two weeks and avoid things that might injure the operated eye. Only a few days after the surgery, my brother’s eyesight got better and he doesn’t need to wear his eyeglasses anymore. A week after, his left eye eyesight were 20/15- almost standard.
LASIK Laser eye surgical treatment is an outstanding alternative for my brother and for those who have eye troubles. It made achievable the things we thought were without a solution. My brother, until now, doesn’t have to wear glasses. It did not only cure his astigmatism but also enhanced his vision all-in-all. With a bit of luck, at the end of this year, he will have the surgery for his right eye and we are looking forward to another admirable result. We highly advocate Lasik Eye Surgery. Visit the Vision Group Clinics for Astigmatism Surgery Melbourne.
Tags: Astigmatism Surgery, Laser Eye Surgery, Laser Vision Correction, Lasik Eye Surgery, Refractive Surgery
Posted in Health Issues · November 13th, 2009 · Comments (0)