Are people born with bad eyesight or does it happen over time?

Question

Are people born with bad eyesight or does it happen over time?

Answer 1

Either could happen

Answer 2

You can be born with bad eyesight or it can detetiorate over time.

Many people suffer from ARMD, which is Age Related Macular Degeneration.  As a person ages, the macula of the eye starts to break down and does not function as it once did when the person was younger.

There are many scientific and medical studies that show that two nutrients in particular can delay or even prevent this age related decline in vision.  These two nutrients are lutein and zeaxanthin, two carotenoids found in many fruits and vegetables.  Here is one such study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15604...

Green leafy vegetables and yellow and orange colored fruits and vegetables are great sources.  Egg yolks are also a fabulous source of lutein and zeaxanthin.

If you do not consume the recommended daily amount of fruits and veggies, which is five servings, then a convenient alternative may be a dietary supplement.

My company makes a product called Vizuo XL Sports Vision Enhancement which contains lutein and zeaxanthin and over 25 additional nutrients which support the proper health and function of the visual system.  http://www.vizuoxl.com/

Answer 3

Both.  I mean some people have bad sight or are even blind at birth and then you've got elderly people who's sight gets worse and worse as the years go on.

Answer 4

it depends ... it is both ... but yea genetics play a big part in some cases ...

Answer 5

Very few people are born with bad eyesight. People have to learn how to see clearly naturally from birth to about the age of two. Most people have perfect eyesight by the age of two. Some of us are unfortunate enough to learn incorrect vision habits after age two. Often times we learn these incorrect vision habits from our parents, relatives, or even teachers.  These incorrect vision habits squeeze our eyes out of shape and give us blurry vision.

Eyesight does not stop changing at age 21. Most people have just learned how to deal with the stress that gave them blurry vision by that time.

Presbyopia does not occur in everyone. There are many people who learn incorrect vision habits due to certain stresses at age 40 and get presbyopia, but there also many who keep their correct vision habits and clear vision through age 40 until they pass on.

Proper nutrition can help people use their eyes better, but until they unlearn the incorrect vision habits and reintegrate the correct vision behaviors, they will continue to get blurry vision.

Answer 6

Some people inherit it. Mine is a combination of genes, lots of computer work, and medication.

Answer 7

It depends. Babies actually have terrible sight (about 20/200), but the eye then gradually changes and grants them good sight. In most cases. Some people have been myopic their entire lives. Most myopia (and the opposite of myopia, hyperopia, or long sightness) occurs in roughly school age and highschool age (such was the case with me). Eyesight stops changing at about age 21 (although it never stops changing with some people). Then, at the age of 40, the crystalline lens loses it elasticity, progressively diminishing the person's ability to focus up close, making people need reading glasses. This happens to everyone, as it is a normal process of aging, like white hair and wrinkled skin.

Answer 8

It could happen both. Some kids wear glasses at a very young age. Some where them when they get older. Your eyesight gets worse when you grow older.It depends though.