Eyeglass Rx question

[battlemaiden]

My son was given a reading glasses Rx change for only one eye. +100 on the Right and +150 on the Left. So it is a pretty minor Rx.

 

Is it healthy to have a difference?

 

He only uses them if he's been reading a lot (which he often is). Seriously, this kid is *the* reader of the family and the only one, including his parents, who uses reading glasses.

 

I don't want to make his eyes...I don't know...funky.

 

It was a routine exam that made the change, not a complaint on his part.

 

I'm thinking about waiting until the next routine exam unless he complains before that.

 

Thanks for your input.

 

~Jo

[gardenmom5]

My son was given a reading glasses Rx change for only one eye. +100 on the Right and +150 on the Left. So it is a pretty minor Rx.

 

Is it healthy to have a difference?

 

 

~Jo

I guess I'm not understanding your question.

 

vision in each eye is often different. Most people, even of 20/20 vision, have a dominant eye. If the vision is being corrected, the prescription for each eye will frequently be different to acheive equal vision in both eyes. My daughter was odd, in that for years her prescription for each eye was the same.

 

do you mean that the dr is giving a prescription with the goal that the vision in each eye *will* be different?

 

let me tell you from experience, something that seems "minor", is enough to keep eyes from working together.