Vision blurry in one eye?

[Notcr3ative]

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Hi,
I have blurry vision in my left eye. I can make out objects for a good distance, but everything is blurry and I can't read words unless it's right in front of my face. My vision in my right eye is well above average. It has been this way my entire life and it is not fixable. I haven't noticed any problems with my depth perception. I never really thought about it before, but I was wondering how big of a problem this would be in becoming a doctor and if there are any specific specialties I wouldn't be allowed to pursue. Thanks!

 

[Law2Doc]

Hi,
I have blurry vision in my left eye. I can make out objects for a good distance, but everything is blurry and I can't read words unless it's right in front of my face. My vision in my right eye is well above average. It has been this way my entire life and it is not fixable. I haven't noticed any problems with my depth perception. I never really thought about it before, but I was wondering how big of a problem this would be in becoming a doctor and if there are any specific specialties I wouldn't be allowed to pursue. Thanks!

Well, by definition if you don't have reasonably good binocular vision, you won't have good depth perception. Probably doesn't matter. If you have one good eye you can probably do most of what is required.

 

[ZedsDed]

Hi,
I have blurry vision in my left eye. I can make out objects for a good distance, but everything is blurry and I can't read words unless it's right in front of my face. My vision in my right eye is well above average. It has been this way my entire life and it is not fixable. I haven't noticed any problems with my depth perception. I never really thought about it before, but I was wondering how big of a problem this would be in becoming a doctor and if there are any specific specialties I wouldn't be allowed to pursue. Thanks!

Is there a reason you can't wear glasses?

 

[trev5150]

I haven't noticed any problems with my depth perception.

And you wouldn't. You've been compensating your entire life. Have you taken actual depth perception tests? The line through the steps, the fly wing hologram and four sets of four circles holograms? You'll be surprised hen you can't see what they're telling you you're supposed to see. I'm the same way. Left eye strabismus since birth caused me to adapt (how are you gonna make a 1 year old wear an eyepatch?) so that I have relative depth perception but not the full stereo depth perception everyone else enjoys. I didn't even know about it until a flight physical with all these depth-perception tests disqualified me for a follow-on school, and required a waiver to continue in my MOS.

Lack of depth perception might make surgery specialties difficult to justify. Find a good ophthalmologist and discuss it. Test to see if you have real depth perception deficits. Se if you are functionally able to perform physical tasks that require stereoscopic vision and true depth perception. That will be the only way to quantify your capability. My testable depth perception issues didn't stop me from safely getting a private pilot certificate or instrument rating and flying all over this country. It's all a matter of what you are actually able to do.

 

[JoeCaputo]

Is there a reason you can't wear glasses?

Glasses won't help the problem. The problem is in the brain. I am assuming OP had the vision problem in the eye as a very young child, but did not consistently wear his glasses every day between ages ~3 to ~7. The brain did not learn how to recognize a clear image from that eye, and will now never be able to.