I have -8.00 eye prescription! am I going blind?

Question

I have always been super paranoid about my eyes. I have -8 prescription and i get so scared that im eventually going to go blind. Is there a better chance of this happening to me because my eyesight is so bad?

Answer 1

No, it only has to do with the refractive power of your cornea and the lens inside your eye. Your eye might also be longer than average, which could make the images focus in front of your retina. If it makes you feel any better, your eyes actually have too much power, so that is why you have to minus 8 diopters to bring them into focus.

Most degenerative blindness comes from problems with the retina, or in glaucoma it is from too much pressure on the optic nerve. Neither of which have anything to do with myopia.

Answer 2

My Rx hits -13.50... and I get slightly better than 20/20 with it.

Apart from a slightly increased risk of retinal detachment (it might be worth making yourself familiar with the early symptoms *unless* that's going to make you more paranoid.)  There's no real correlation.

Top cause of going blind in the under 65's : diabetes.

Top cause overall: age-related macular degeneration.

Answer 3

Once my friend told me that 8 is going blind. BUT I'M NOT SURE SO DON'T FREAK OUT ON ME!  

Answer 4

yes, u might. But no worries. the technolgy is very advanced now. thanks to lasik, i was -800 now was plano.

Answer 5

No, you are not going blind.  You are a high myope.  Myopia does not cause blindness.

Answer 6

I have patients wearing - 20.00...and they aren't blind...

As long as your vision can be corrected with glasses/contacts, you have nothing to worry about.

No one goes blind from being nearsighted.