Monday, April 28, 2014

Will you know if you scratched your cornea?


So I just recently got contact lenses. Nothing bad has happened at all, but I'm a tiny bit paranoid so I just have the question, will you he able to tell if you scratched your cornea?

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

I want to go into the medical field but do not know what field?


I want to go into the medical field but do not know what field I should pursue. I'm looking for something that does not involve too many years of schooling and that does not involve any kind of surgery or anything like that. So far these are the careers I have researched. I live in the Silicon Valley area of California.

-Sterile Processing Tech:
Their job is to basically clean and sterilize surgical instruments. I was close to perusing this but heard that it is very hard to get a job now in this field.

-Medical Assistant:
Haven't researched much yet about this field, not sure how much schooling i'd need, if it pays well, and if id have to do things such as taking blood or whatnot.

-Radiologic Technologist:
Their job is to take xrays and not sure what else they do. Seems as if you need quite a bit of schooling and it is also hard to get a job in this field.

-Optician:
Their job is to fit eye glass lenses and contact lenses to your eyes, just started looking into this field, seems like doesn't need much schooling, the job outlook seems good, but the pay is around 50K a year less than most of the others. I'm not sure if 50K a year is that great or not.

What do you all think about these careers and are their any similar careers that you all know of that dont involve years and years of schooling and aren't that difficult or stressful.

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Would i have to wear glasses?


My eye sight is getting a bit bad as I cant read stuff that's far away coz its really blurry like when im at school I cant see the writing on the board because it looks really blurry and I have to copy off of the people next to me. Do you think I will have to wear glasses?
and im getting my eyes tested next week.

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Will my dark circles go now that I don't wear glasses?


Ok so I'm 12 and I have dark circles and I always like ALWAYS wear glasses and my dark circles make me look horible. I got contact lenses like a week ago and I want to know if my dark circles will go now that I won't be wearing glasses. Is it because that area on my face isn't getting enough light (because my glasses were covering it)? And if it won't get rid of my dark circles any suggestions on how to? I know getting enough sleep has to do with it, but I can only get about 8 hrs asleep on a school night, weekends usually around 10-11hrs. Thanks:)

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Should i wear lenses of -.25 in eyes?

What may happen in near future if i don't use it. Normally i feel no problem without lenses.

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What's the best eye drops if I wear contacts? Also can I wear contacts all day long?


I just got contacts recently but forgot to ask my optician about this but is there a certain eye drop I need to get or can I just use any eye drops when my eyes are dry? I use Opti-Free solution to clean my contacts but I'd think I need something different to use as eye drops. Also would it be alright if I wore contacts all day long and I just take them off before going to bed? Sometimes when I am off from work I mainly go on the computer all day long, sometimes up to 20 hours just sitting there playing games, surfing the internet, etc.

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How to buy contact lenses online? - 2


I have phoned vision express up where I got my eyes tested to find out what my prescription is so that I can buy my contact lenses online,

They have given me numbers in a format that I don't understand and when it comes to buying contacts the websites are asking for what 'power' contact i need.

Vision express gave me this:
Right eye, -0.00/-0.75x95
Left eye, -0.50/0.75x75

I don't know which number is the 'power' number, can someone help me please?

Thanks:)

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I Sprayed A Lens Cleaner Into My Eye?


Ok so I accidentally sprayed my lens cleaner into my eye and it started to sting a tiny bit and i immediately went to wash it out and it still stings a tiny bit but other then that im fine am i gonna be ok it was a brand called vogue optical anti reflective lens cleaner in case if that matters.

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What does it mean when the optometrist says you need a -1.75 prescription?

I had an eye test today and the optometrist said my prescription is -1.75. What does that mean and does it mean I have really bad eyesight?

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Adderall: Vision/eye problems due to high dosage?


Ok so Im a 15 year old boy, 185 pounds, and I had finals this week. I am diagnosed with ADHD and I take 30mg of Adderall XR daily, but this week I took a lot more pills than I have ever taken before within a weeks time, I have been taking ADHD medication for about 8 years, started off with Adderall, switched to vyvanse, and now I'm back on Adderall, point is, I've had some experience with these medications. Ok so on Tuesday I took a total of 6 pills, 2 in the morning, 3 more about four hours after tthat, and 1 when I got home. Wednesday I only took 1, I took it to keep me awake given the fact that I had gotten no sleep the night before. Thursday I took 3, and Friday (yesterday) I took 5. In total this week, 480mg worth. Yesterday I was experiencing some overdose symptoms but I was able to calm down and try my hardest to ignore them, but the one thing that won't go away is this uncomfortable feeling in my right eye.
I keep on having to blink for longer periods of time, sometimes I just catch myself keeping the eye closed unintentionally due to the irritation, my vision in my right eye is about half of my left eye, similar to the feeling of only having in one contact lens on. I've tried eye drops and that helped with the redness but the pain is still there, I've just noticed that the vision in my right eye is also slightly distorted, so when I move I see slightly double (I have my left eye closed)
Well my question is, does anyone know how long this will last? Or am I screwed?

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