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Is it possibly just a lazy eye?
I have "myopie" so have worn correctove lenses for the past 15 years (I am a young woman in my early thirties). My left eye is -2.00 and my right eye is a bit worse off at -2.75 but also has astigmatism.
A friend of mine told me that to make "both eyes work well" she sometimes covered up an eye when reading for ten minutes at a time. I did this a couple of days ago..sort of just for "fun". HOWEVER - I immediatly realised that when I covered up my left eye, using just my right eye to read my book, it strained my eye and immediatly I has some little "light floaters". I therefore thought: "this must mean I have a lazy eye and this is an efficient way of making the lazy right eye work harder". BUT when I turned off my light to go to sleep I realised that my right eye was almost blind for a couple of minutes.
That there was a shadow over the right eye that only gradually went away (several minutes). I therefore realised, thanks to this that in general the vision of my right eye is a shade "darker". That for example watching a white spot with only my right eye gives it a slight slight shade of grey! Last night I once again did the test -- reading my book only woith my right eye for ten minutes before turning off the light. Again I had a blind right eye with a gradual receding shadow for at least 5 minutes.
Therefore my question is:
- What is this? I hope that it is nothing serious!!!
- If this is just a lazy eye - is the type of exersise I am doing - covering my left eye 10 minutes a day a good thing to do or is it not recommended?
I thank you soooo very much for your answer to this question as I am a tad bit worried!
Thank you,
Clotilde
A friend of mine told me that to make "both eyes work well" she sometimes covered up an eye when reading for ten minutes at a time. I did this a couple of days ago..sort of just for "fun". HOWEVER - I immediatly realised that when I covered up my left eye, using just my right eye to read my book, it strained my eye and immediatly I has some little "light floaters". I therefore thought: "this must mean I have a lazy eye and this is an efficient way of making the lazy right eye work harder". BUT when I turned off my light to go to sleep I realised that my right eye was almost blind for a couple of minutes.
That there was a shadow over the right eye that only gradually went away (several minutes). I therefore realised, thanks to this that in general the vision of my right eye is a shade "darker". That for example watching a white spot with only my right eye gives it a slight slight shade of grey! Last night I once again did the test -- reading my book only woith my right eye for ten minutes before turning off the light. Again I had a blind right eye with a gradual receding shadow for at least 5 minutes.
Therefore my question is:
- What is this? I hope that it is nothing serious!!!
- If this is just a lazy eye - is the type of exersise I am doing - covering my left eye 10 minutes a day a good thing to do or is it not recommended?
I thank you soooo very much for your answer to this question as I am a tad bit worried!
Thank you,
Clotilde
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Your friend's theory is worthless and the exercises time-wasters.
You should go in to see an Eye MD ophthalmologist to examine your eye and reassure you.
JCH MD
You should go in to see an Eye MD ophthalmologist to examine your eye and reassure you.
JCH MD
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