Infections etc

[tomgelling]

Just a quick message to thank evryone for advice. I'll be looking into pin hole specs asap (with my good eye!) - sounds like they could be just the thing.

My KC is somewhat correctable in the right eye with normal specs so I'll also try that option, otherwise will wait it out!

Thanks again.

Tom

[Lynn White]

madmish..

Pinhole specs are fine... they help you see as long as your problem is due to bad eye optics!

The reason I might say they are "bad" is only because people claim you only need to use these to "cure" your vision problems..which is NOT true!

Lynn

[paula hardman]

also, the writer of the article was talking about the regular usage of pinhole specs as a replacement for prescription glasses. Most of us don't get a good correction with specs and pinholes can be a handy back-up every now and again when inevitable happens and you've got and eye infection or lost a lens or even daily outside of contact lens wearing time. Any possible problems with pinholes have to be weighed against the consequences of say squinting at a vdu for 7 hours a day or not seeing were you're going.

[John Smith]

Of course, I wouldn't recommend wearing pinholes when you're moving around... you're quite likely to bump into things that the tunnel vision doesn't show you.

It's a lot safer to see a lot rather blurred than a tiny amount in perfect focus!

[Lynn White]

ooooh John, I am not so sure about that...

When I was an optometry student... I volunteered to be a patient for exams... it paid a reasonable amount of money so there was always competition for it...anyway, I drew the tonometry straw...

In those days, eye pressure was always measured using a contact tonometer -ie they had to put in local anaesthetic and measure your eye pressure by pressing a probe against your cornea.

I spent all day doing this... and examinees dragged the thing up and down my corneas and at the end of the day, someone checked my eyes and went "My GOD!! Your eyes are in a real state - you can't wear your contacts to go home!"

I hadn't brought my specs with me.. and they just sent me out to get home best I could... in the dark.

All I could see was a lot of very big coloured lights - very pretty but I almost got run over about four times and I do wish I had had a pair of pinhole specs to wear at the time!!

Well.. that was almost relevant hehe!


Lynn