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Suggest Treatment For Double Vision In An Elderly Person
Ok had shingles with encephalitis 4 years ago,leaving me with a lot of pain, headaches , cognitive loss, and walking ability on the left side. Recovered quite a bit with two doses of avaclovir daily . This past year my BP became so low and dropping 20 pets on standing they took me off Benecar HCT 40/25 and Ranexa. The BP normalized but selling in legs now pronounced. Additionally now my vision in left eye now is giving me double vision with the shingle headaches and pain and numbness around eye, eye Dr do not know what was causing. Recommended eye curve on cannot be seen for months. Double vision hard to manage. I am 66
Tue, 30 Jul 2019
Hi,
This can be because of age-related presbyopia. Presbyopia usually begins after 40 years of age and it is because of age-related changes in the lens resulting in decreased accommodation of lens resulting in difficulty in reading.
The treatment of the condition is by use of spectacles to correct the presbyopia by using reading glasses or convex lenses.
The appropriate power required is determined by simple refraction testing.
Hence I advise you to consult optometrist or ophthalmologist for refraction testing and prescription of glasses.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
This can be because of age-related presbyopia. Presbyopia usually begins after 40 years of age and it is because of age-related changes in the lens resulting in decreased accommodation of lens resulting in difficulty in reading.
The treatment of the condition is by use of spectacles to correct the presbyopia by using reading glasses or convex lenses.
The appropriate power required is determined by simple refraction testing.
Hence I advise you to consult optometrist or ophthalmologist for refraction testing and prescription of glasses.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
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