Kaze suggest that nearsightedness is preventable.

Mike insists that all prevention methods CAN NEVER
WORK.

While difficult, I suggest that you read the statements
of Stirling Colgate and others who have cleared
their own snellend -- under their control.

Here are the statements.

Otis


Kaze>Hi friends,

>I'm Kazekage, and I've just joined this forum.


>Recently my vision has been deteriorating.quite rapidly.


>I am extremely worried.


>I wonder, is there any way that I may improve the condition of my
sight by
>natural means?


>I do not wish to keep getting stronger glasses. My optometrist will
not allow
>me to wear contact lenses due to health problems. I do not have the
money to
>resort to laser eye surgery, and I would not like to have to resort
to it.


>Is there any other way?


>Thanking you for your kind advice,

===========

Mike, Layman? Optometrist?


You cannot improve your vision by "natural" means. If you have to
get
stronger glasses, then that's your fate. Either that, or go around
with blurry vision.

Myopia is not caused by mental strain or eye strain. At the very
most, I've seen references to studies which seem to correlate
increased myopia with close-up visual work. No actual causation can
be assumed from the details of such studies that I've seen.


You didn't really specify how "rapidly" your vision is worsening (if
your current prescription was reached gradually over 4 years, that's
not rapid). In any case, if you're concerned, then see an
opthalmologist, who can more thoroughly determine if there's any kind
of pathology with your eyes. If nothing is found, then you're simply
destined to require glasses (or contacts - a second opinion on that
might be worth getting). I don't think you're even old enough to be
a
candidate for laser surgery.


I began wearing glasses myself at age 10. My vision was fine up to
around that age. It's simply in my genes. I started with a very
light prescription, and today, over 20 years later, my prescription
has stabilized at about -3.75 in each eye (with contacts). My eyes
were not always even, and I started out with enough astigmatism to
warrant correction.


You're far too young to be drawing any drastic conclusions about
where
your vision is headed. You may end up stabilizing more early than I
did, or you may indeed get progressively worse as time goes on. Only
time will tell, and at 15, you've not yet experienced enough of that
to guess.


And make no mistake about various "natural" treatments. Things like
homeopathy, acupuncture, therapeutic touch, chiropractic - they're
all
frauds. The only effect any of them can have is as a placebo. The
placebo effect is a strange phenomenon where people who think they
are
receiving effective treatment have reduced symptoms (typically
reduced
pain), and heal themselves more effectively, within limits. In the
US, all pharmaceuticals are test against placebos (usually in the
form
of a sugar pill) before being judged effective.


The Bates vision scam doesn't even have the placebo effect to draw
on.
You can't see better simply by believing that the treatment works,
because it doesn't, and visual acuity is all too easy to test
empirically on the spot.

- Mike