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Contact Lenses
Question:
One of your current patients talked
highly of you. I currently wear contacts for near
sightedness and astigmatism. However, the contacts
do not help with close vision/reading (I am 42
years old).
The current eye doctor I saw said
that they did not make contacts for all the
above. Is that correct? I currently wear reading
glasses over the contacts that I bought at
the drug store.
To correct blurred vision at any age, at any
distance requires one of three options: glasses
Can I Buy Reading Glasses for
$5.00?,
contact lenses
Optical Facility
,or refractive surgery LASIK
laser vision correction surgery / Laser
Vision Correction: The Miracle of the 21st
Century /LASIK
Checklist (.pdf)
Contact lenses are available to offer improved
vision for nearsightedness, farsightedness,
astigmatism, and presbyopia ( decreased focus
ability for near vision). Additionally, there are
contact lenses available to correct all of these
conditions, if all are present in the same
patient. The eye specialists at the Florida Eye
Center fit these lenses.
Contact Lenses
These "combination" lenses were
only recently made available and have a less
predictable success rate with each additional eye
condition.
The expense, effort, and time
required for a proper fitting, analysis, and
follow-up care are much greater than for other
kinds of lenses. Experience has shown that most
patients with all 3 focus problems achieve better
vision with other, simpler options.
For instance, you have found
adequate vision while wearing contact lenses for
your distance prescription and adding reading
glasses for near tasks. This is simple, safe, and
successful.
Another option is correcting one
eye for distance vision while correcting the
fellow eye for near focusing. This is known as
monovision and has freed many of our patients from
their dependence on glasses. This can also be very
successful.
Again, thank you for your pertinent question.
Feel free to contact us at any of our 4 convenient
locations if you have any other needs or would
like a 2nd opinion.
Sincerely,
Rebecca J. Sims, OD
Dr. Rebecca J. Sims
Certified Optometrist
Primary Eye Care
Board Certified
Call Florida Eye
Center today
to schedule your visit
at 727-895-2020!
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