I just had to put on my glasses because I have near-sightedness - anything in the distance is so blurry!  I can see fine up close though, thank goodness!
I wear glasses too, with progressive lenses. I hate wearing them.
I hear ya!  First time I got them I thought I was going to be sick!  I guess it's a hazard of getting old and needing multifocal lenses!
Yes, it was really hard to adjust. I really want Laser surgery to correct my vision. It scares me though.
Me too!  A sharp object in my eye?  I think not!  Unfortunately, uncorrected near sightedness can result in retinal detachment and cataracts - oh joy!
Wow! I didn't know that. Does that mean if you don't wear your glasses your retina could get detached? If that's the case, I won't complain about wearing them anymore.
on close objects, greater time spent indoors, and a family history of the condition. It is also associated with a high socioeconomic class. The underlying mechanism involves the length of the eyeball growing too long or less commonly the lens being too strong. It is a type of refractive error. Diagnosis is by eye examination.
Tentative evidence indicates that the risk of near-sightedness can be decreased by having young children spend more time outside. This may be related to natural light exposure. Near-sightedness can be corrected
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