how can i lessen my short-sightedness?
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You just cant!!!\nIf you think of carrots??? No way!!! I think i have eaten 1 ton of carrots already and it still has no effect. I am using contacts all the time. If you have money..you can try lazer eye correction...but ifyou're poor like me, contacts will do miracles. It can even change the "color" of your eyes and its fun!!! I dont wear glasses.... people tend to look at me as nerd!!!
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NO,no home remedies.\n  Once you find a solution that works,once you get an Opthalmologist who treats this sucessfully you need to stay with them. Do NOT alter from the treatment.\n  This is something you do not want to mess with because as you well know,you can lose your eyesight.
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Short sightedness :-\nalso known as myopia\nArises either frm a decrease in the focal length of the lense or frm an elongation of the eyeball!!Such a person  cant c distant objcts clearly.\nLong sightedness:--\nalso known as hypermetropia\nFor various reasons the eyeball of a person may contract in size or the focal length of the eye lense can increase..Such a person cant c objcts placed very near to the eye>>(note THAT PEOPLE WITH NORMAL VISION CAN C OBJCTS PLACED NEARER 2 THE EYE BY 25cms but a long sighted persn can c only when the objct is placed a little further than 25cms.
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You might find, depending on the type of glasses you have, that you need to wear bright eyeshadows on them, to emphasise your eyes and not the glasses. Glasses for short sight make your eyes look smaller, glasses for long sight make them look bigger, so play to your strengths.
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Look at a point on the wall seven feet away in a straight line with your eyes parallel to the ground and start moving your face with eyes wide open from left to right and then from right to left. Repeat the same and then move the face vertically gazing at the same point. This exercise will help rotating your eye balls which will help you regain your weak eye-sight. Also put cold stale water on closed eye-lids after you get up in the early morning. Thirdly, watch the early rising sun and the full moon in sky.
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Yes, it leads to blindness.  I can only see out of one eye now due to excessive consumption during my youth.  If only Yahoo Answers had existed then!
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I've known only two people with retinitis pigmentosa, and at that time (10 years ago), they did not know of a way to slow the progression of the tunnel vision. I don't know if anything has been discovered since then, however.\n\nGood luck.
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Glasses and contacts will NOT make your eyes worse.  Not everyone's eyes get so bad that they have really strong prescriptions.  Since you're a kid (and worried about your eyes getting really bad), you might want to ask your eye doctor about something called the COMET 2 study.  This is a study that's trying to find out if bifocal or progressive lenses slow down the progression of near-sightedness.  Take it with a grain of salt, though, because if it does help, it doesn't help very much.  The best thing for you to do is to take good care of your eyes and don't over-work them.  (If you're doing a lot of reading, for example, take breaks every once in a while.)
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Stay focuse!\n\nSlowly and easy does it!
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Lasik is the way to go. All the other "natural Methods" may improve the sight while you do the exercises but once you quit, it goes back to how it was before. See your local Ophthalmologist.
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A few things you can do to help you out are\n\n1. Read, reading will stimulate your brain activity knocking out some of those cobwebs that may be slowing you down.  Make sure you read something you enjoy, so you will actually do it.\n\n2. Do puzzles, like word searches, crosswords, whatever you enjoy, I personally like the word searches.  Doing this will keep you focused which will help you stay sharp and clearer.\n\n3. Exercise; when you exercise you release ceratin hormones that will help you stay clearer and "smarter," exercise at least 3-4 times a week, morning is the best time, wake up an hour earlier and try it, get in a good habit and you will notice immediate results.\n\n4. Get a good night sleep, at least six solid hours, this is paramount in staying focused.\n\n5. Eat right, remember you are what you eat...this is a fact.  Use portion control, (proteins, complex carbs and vegies should be about the size of your fist) when eating and drink plenty of water.  Also take a good multi vitamin for added nutrients.\n\nTry these things for three months and I guarantee you will notice a big difference, you'll be more confident and secure which will make you "smarter" and you'll feel better.\n\nGood luck\n\nDr.Mark
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Make sure you don't have a lens cap blocking the other end.  Try aiming at distant objects, not close ones.  It may be that it is focussed for eyes that have a different tolerance than yours, so trying working the focus knob.  Failing to accomplish anything, I suggest you contact the nearest planetarium or science center and ask for help.  If they can't help, they should know members of a local astronomy club who can.
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One, you can eat LOTS of carrots!  They are totally good for optical health.  Also, don't stay up too late, or read in bad light.  That makes them red!  If you ever get in a shower, try to prevent anything from getting in them.  Also, if none of this works, you could try eye drops.
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Make sure not to sit close to it,and take frequent breaks by resting your eyes...Look away then sit with your hands cupped over your eyes for 2 mins,then go back to using computer.Do some eye exercises...look up then to the side then around then down for 30 seconds each.
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You will probably not be able to get completely rid of your spectacles, but you can improve your eyesight just by exercising your focus - i.e. focusing on nearby items and far away items often and in succession.
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Carrots contain a vitamin that can help you see in the dark. They cannot help with nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, etc. Eat about 10 baby carrots a day to help your vision in the dark. More never hurts though.
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You might want to look into something called "shooter's glasses".  Mention these to your eye doctor and they will know what you're talking about.  Some very skilled players such as Karen Corr and snooker player Dennis Taylor use these types of lenses.  I don't know if contact lenses are an option, but that will provide you complete peripheral clarity.  As human beings, we don't have a lot of experience looking in the uppermost region of our range of vision.  People tend to look downward or straight across, mostly to make sure we are stepping safely.  Happy Shooting.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.