I had an appointment today to get my eyes checked and new glasses. I've had some problems with my vision in recent months, particularly in my right eye, but I was shocked when I looked at the eye chart and couldn't read anything but the top line with my right eye (without my glasses.)
Then, when the optometrist started trying to determine what my prescription was for distance vision, none of the lenses he tried for my right eye improved my vision much at all! I never could clearly see the chart. He said my prescription has changed a lot since my last pair of glasses (which was just last year).
He checked my eyes and noted that I do have cataracts, but I've had them since I was born. They're just little flecks in my lens, and I've always been told that they wouldn't ever progress or cause problems. I asked if maybe they were responsible for the decline in my vision, and he said that it's possible. He didn't really offer any other explanation or anything as to why my vision has gotten so bad lately or why I'm seeing double.
So, I am getting a new pair of glasses, but they're not really going to correct my distance vision much in my right eye. Do you think I should get a second opinion as to what is going on with my vision, particularly since this blurriness and double vision is relatively new? (I also forgot to mention to him about the dinner-plate sized dark spot I see when I open my eyes in a darkened room. I've had this for six years, but it's recently split off into two spots and taken on a reddish-hue.)
Do I need an neuro-ophthalmologist or would a regular ophthalmologist do? Or do you think I should just go with what this optometrist said?
Then, when the optometrist started trying to determine what my prescription was for distance vision, none of the lenses he tried for my right eye improved my vision much at all! I never could clearly see the chart. He said my prescription has changed a lot since my last pair of glasses (which was just last year).
He checked my eyes and noted that I do have cataracts, but I've had them since I was born. They're just little flecks in my lens, and I've always been told that they wouldn't ever progress or cause problems. I asked if maybe they were responsible for the decline in my vision, and he said that it's possible. He didn't really offer any other explanation or anything as to why my vision has gotten so bad lately or why I'm seeing double.
So, I am getting a new pair of glasses, but they're not really going to correct my distance vision much in my right eye. Do you think I should get a second opinion as to what is going on with my vision, particularly since this blurriness and double vision is relatively new? (I also forgot to mention to him about the dinner-plate sized dark spot I see when I open my eyes in a darkened room. I've had this for six years, but it's recently split off into two spots and taken on a reddish-hue.)
Do I need an neuro-ophthalmologist or would a regular ophthalmologist do? Or do you think I should just go with what this optometrist said?
Congenital cataracts are usually stable. However, over time and as we age they can become active and grow, making cataract surgery a possibility.
Yes, I have heard the same thing from Opthamologists. Congenital Cataracts are very vivid in color unlike other types of Cataracts. My cataracts have been an interest and fasination for many of my doctors through the years...starting at a young age.
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