bad eyes

[justwondering]

hi all,
im a 4th year with an eyeglass prescription around -10/-11, been wearing glasses since 4th grade with my eyes worsening every year until i was like 24. my siblings and father all wear glasses, but no one's prescription is anywhere near as high (or ugly) as mine. my sibling are all better than -3 or so and my dad is probably like -6.

is there anything i can do to keep my eyes from continuing down this path? is there anything i could have done before (or could do for future kids)?

thanks!
justwondering

 

[Andrew_Doan]

is there anything i can do to keep my eyes from continuing down this path? is there anything i could have done before (or could do for future kids)

Nothing you can do really, at the present time. Research on this issue is increasing, however.

 

[sjkpark]

hi all,
im a 4th year with an eyeglass prescription around -10/-11, been wearing glasses since 4th grade with my eyes worsening every year until i was like 24. my siblings and father all wear glasses, but no one's prescription is anywhere near as high (or ugly) as mine. my sibling are all better than -3 or so and my dad is probably like -6.

is there anything i can do to keep my eyes from continuing down this path? is there anything i could have done before (or could do for future kids)?

thanks!
justwondering

Just piggybacking on this issue, does such problem preclude you from pursuing ophthalmology as a career? I have similar problem but my refractions are like -5.5 and -3.5... Am I going to have progression of myopia, especially if I do a lot of microsurgery work?