severe myopia -16 and peripheral retinal degeneration

[koolGuy]

hi! im a 25 years old guy.im suffering from severe myopia since birth.now i am using -16 D lenses for both of my eyes. im a computer engineer and very much worried about my future. for some months ago i felt a sudden increase in the number of floaters so after being examined by a retina specialist i was diagnosed as having lattice degeneration and he did a photocoagulation laser surgery in my right eye. After the surgery my vision in rite eye became blurred but it also seemed a little improved. But after two days of improvement it gradually lowered down and now my right eye vision is blurred and a little darker then the left eye.Objects also appear smaller in size in the rite eye.
im also having a lot of eye flashes that appear like smoke rings in the right eye.
       My blurred vision in the right eye is stil present and the vision is still getting worse in the right eye.
     Can someone tell me that how does lattice degeneration progress and how much time it would take to make me completely blind.
  Are there any methods or exercises to stop it?
Is there any person here who has the same degree of myopia like mine?


waiting for your replies...

[megpeg]

i had floaters also.  Does this mean i have lattice degeneration.  I tried to take a driving exam test and my eyes flashed in the light while reading the eye chart.

i didn't know this leads to lattice degeneration though.
I also an optic nerve fennestration on my eyes when i was six years old due to a bicycle accident.

So maybe i need to go to an eye specialist.  My doctor spotted floaters during an eye exam but didn't record it.

So i could have what you have also.

[Ag-i-doc]

kool definitely needs to see a retinal specialist on a regular basis.  high myopia with flashes is significant.

meg may or may not have lattice degen.  having flashes while you "read the chart" and having floaters is not enough information to diagnose anything.

[koolGuy]

i still didnt get any satisfactory answer..please tell me if any of u are severe myopic and can lattice degeneration lead to blindness/???
any doctors here...speak upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp!!!

[koolGuy]

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[Ag-i-doc]

yes, lattice degen & high myopia can cause retinal detachment thereby leading to total blindness.  it is absolutely impossible to speculate how much "time" till that happens or even IF it will happen, much less when.  

no one can tell you *if* you'll go blind, and if you do, no one can tell you when.  cant even guess.  but it is possible, and more possible than if you were NOT nearsighted and you did NOT have lattice degen.  you need to see a surgeon on a regular basis to see if your lattice is progressing, and if you need to have further surgery to prevent retinal detachment and blindness.

[Monika78]

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