
Lisa asks…
Convergence insufficiency (CI). PLEASE, help me!?
As of November 2010 I started having some symptoms like eye strain, pain on my eyes and serious difficulties whenever I tried to read. At the moment, I saw a doctor in order to see what was happening to me. The doctor prescribed me new glasses but it didn’t solve my problem, I returned there twice more and took new glasses and eye drops but it was useless. I still had serious problems to read.
Three moths later I went to another city and saw another doctor. This doctor also precribed me new glasses and told me that the muscles of my eyes were weak. He asked to make pencil pushups and said it would solve my problem. I got new glasses for the third time and started doing the exercices. A month later I returned to my doctor’s office to tell him I wasn’t felling better. At the moment he asked me to make an orthoptic test with another doctor who worked in the same hospital. I did it at the same day but nothing was found. The doctor told me I had tendency to develop strabismus but it wasn’t important and he also told me my problem might disappear in a few months.
After that, I visited another doctor who suggested me to use contact lenses, it was horrible and useless. I also saw general practitioner who discovered that my blood pression was a little high, probably because I get too stressed with my vision problem.
About six months ago I finally found a doctor who diagnosed my problem, convergence insufficiency. Nevertheless, the treatment prescribed by this doctor isn’t working. He asked me to do do some exercises in a doctor’s office and at home too, I did it but it didn’t help me.
I have searched about this disease and it’s treatment. I discovered that some doctors use prism reading glasses, training spactacle lenses ( I don’t know what it is.) and even surgery to treat this disorder. But my doctors say that these methods are not good. In their opinion, orthoptic exercises is the solution for me.
At present I’m doing more exercises in another clinic, actually I’ve done only one session there yet. I’m not sure it will work and sometimes I get desperate when I read about people who are trying to get rid of this problem for 5 years or even more.
It’s even harder for me because I’m a student and the only thing I do is to read. I love reading but my vision problem is stopping me from doing that. If you have already had this problem or if you know someone in anywhere who can help me, please tell me!
Thank you for reading it.
My name is Paulo Ricardo and I’m from Brazil.
admin answers:
My first stop would be wikipedia or google for a quick reference. I actually had a similar question not even 5 days ago, but I couldn’t find the answer. If it’s possible, try getting help from someone with more knowledge/experience/expertise, like a professional if it’s possible. This can be pretty important.
I saw a forum with this online, but I didn’t have time to read it all. Try checking it out. I want to help out more, but I’m not 100% sure about the answer. Sorry I’m not much help. I hope you found your answer! Good luck!

Linda asks…
could anyone correct this writing for me?
I’m quite tall and had lasic surgery.
So I have very good eyes.
I’m a little thin(or I’m not overweight)
I have middle hair.
I currently work for a Sam Techwin.
I’m a secretary of the CEO.
I really enjoy what I do.(working here)
I’m not married(or I’m still single) and have one sister.
I live with my sister. My parents live in Jecheon.
I am a little introversive person who has a positive attitude.
People around me say, I’m quite calm.
I think I’m a little indecisive. so I wanna be good at decision making.
Let me tell you about my boss. His name is Kim.
He is the CEO of my company. I assist him for five years.
He moved to Sam Techwin from Sam Electronics.
He is very smart and has strong leadership.
He is a very caring person.
Many people respect him and want to be like him.
He is 170cm and average build.
He has a round face and wear glasses.
He exercises everymorning and has a healthy body.
He is very good in his self- discipline and has positive thinking always.
I work for Sam Techwin. Our headquarters is in Pankyo.
All employees are about 5,000.
Our businesses are robot, security, energy, defense and so on.
Our company’s vision is The Global Leader of Safety & Energy Solutions
Our primary industry is Safety & Energy area.
admin answers:
I’m quite tall and I have had LASIK surgery, so my eyes are great.
I’m a little thin.
I have middle hair. (I don’t know what middle hair means)
I currently work for Sam Techwin.
I am secretary to the CEO. (if you are giving your job title this sentence is fine. It’s formal.)
I really enjoy what I do. (nice, natural sentence. “working here” is good too)
I am not married and have one sister. (still single is ok, but “not married” is a fact, and is simple. If you use “still single” it sounds like you have some feelings about being single)
I live with my sister, and my parents live in Jecheon.
I am a little introverted. However, I have a positive attitude.
People around me say, I am quite calm.
I think I am a little indecisive. So I would like to improve my decision making.
Let me tell you about my boss. His name is Kim.
He is the CEO of our company. I have assisted him for five years.
He came to Sam Techwin from Sam Electronics.
He is very smart and he is a good leader.
He is also a very caring person.
Many people respect him and want to be like him.
He is 170cm tall and has an average build.
His face is round and he wears glasses.
He exercises daily and likes to stay healthy.
He has self- discipline and he is a positive thinker.
I work for Sam Techwin. Our headquarters is in Pankyo.
There are about 5,000 employees.
Our businesses are robot, security, energy, defense and so on. (This sentence is unclear and I don’t know how to relate your business to robots, security, energy, defense and etc)
Our company’s vision is to be the Global Leader for Safety & Energy Solutions. (Safety and Energy Solutions is not clear. I think most native English speakers will be uncertain, and have many questions. Safety solutions for what? Making clean energy? Or providing safety solutions for employees working within the Energy producing sector. It’s unclear to me. )
Our primary industry is in the area of Energy & Safety solutions. (Same, unclear to me)

George asks…
Help understand!?
Please explain wat this means(today!)
When the room light is low, your eye adjusts in several ways. First, the rod and cone cells on the retina begin to produce more light-sensitive chemicals. These light-sensitive chemicals are the first step in detecting the light, converting it to an electrical signal and transmitting that electrical signal to the brain. Second, the iris muscles relax, which causes the opening of your eye, the pupil, to become very large. This allows your eye to collect as much light as possible. Finally, the nerve cells in the retina adapt so that they can work in low light. These three changes take about 20 minutes to 2 hours, but they increase your sensitivity to low light by about 10,000 times.
When you read, your eye must be able to focus an image of the words onto your retina. To do this, the iris, as well as the muscles that control the shape of your lens, must contract to keep the focused image on the retina. If you read in low light, your visual muscles get mixed signals: Relax to collect the most light, but at the same time, contract to maintain the focused image. When that object is poorly lit, focusing becomes even more difficult because the contrast between the words and the page is not as great, which decreases the eye‘s ability to distinguish visual detail. That ability is called visual acuity. Your eyes have to work harder to separate the words from the page, which strains your eye muscles. Consider this to be strenuous exercise for your eye muscles. So your eye muscles will ache, much as your arm muscles and leg muscles become sore after strenuous exercise.
When your eyes are working this hard for a long period of time, the strain may cause a number of physical effects. Symptoms of eye strain include sore eyeballs, headaches, back and neck aches, drooping eyelids and blurred vision. Because you often don’t blink enough when focusing on a single object, you may also experience uncomfortable dryness in your eyes. None of this damages your eyes, and all of it eventually goes away after you stop straining them. Many eye doctors leave it at that, but some note that eye strain may contribute to nearsightedness. Most people who are nearsighted were born that way, but there is evidence that prolonged eye strain can make it worse.
If you are comfortable reading with a flashlight (or other low light) and don’t experience any of the above symptoms of eye strain, it’s probably fine for you to read this way. It’s certainly easier on your eyes to read in good light, however. You can also avoid eye strain when you’re reading by blinking frequently and taking a moment to focus on something out the window or across the room every 15 to 30 minutes.
thanks soomuch
admin answers:
Ok basically what it’s saying is that there are muscles in your eyeball right around your pupil that control whether it is big or small. These are also the same muscles that make an image (whatever you are looking) stay in focus while you are looking at it.
When you read in low light, the pupil muscles want to relax to open up the pupil more and let more light in so you can see better, but at the muscles also want to tighten and contract (making the pupil smaller) so you can focus better. This causes strain on your eyes because they are trying to relax and contract at the same time — conflicting desires basically.
It is also saying that by causing this strain on your eyes, you may be causing eventual slight damage, but probably not. If you are comfortable reading with just a flashlight (aka in low light), then your eye is fine and your muscles are working together well .if this is a problem, then don’t do it. The advice about taking breaks or looking away while reading is just good advice in general, especially if you are looking at a computer screen for extended periods of time.
Google search for stuff about eyes and eye muscles and whatnot. It should help add detail if you want it.
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