Campbell John R MD (San Rafael,CA 94901)

• Can playing badminton or pingpong improve your vision?

  It is possibly that your vision will get imroved by playing badminton or pingpong.Because the eyes need to see far and near alternatively and move around fast to enable you to see the objects.Then the eye muscles contract and relax frequently to promote the blood circulation in your eyes. Your vision acuity may get improved by this way.

• Can I change my current lenses into Transition lens?

  No. You need a new pair of transition glasses. Transition lens is unlike other coatings which can be added to the lens. It has the ability of changing the color in the material of the lens.

• Is it useful to use transition lens when working on a computer?

  Transition lens only change the color when UV rays hit its surface. Computer is often used indoors. So when you work on a computer with transition glasses, your glassess won't change the color and won't protect your eyes. You'd better get a pair of computer glasses for comupter use.

• Can using eye drops everyday really protect your eyes?

  No. Using eye drops everyday will make your eyes relay on them. Most eye drops contain anticorrosive which can cause eye diseases if you use eye drops everyday.

• How to reduce the lighting glare from glasses?

  You can solve this by adding an anti-glare coating to your lenses.

• Is it true that you should not wear contacts when getting a cold?

  Yes. When you get cold, your eyes will get infected and some germs are easy to develop in your eyes. If you wear contacts, the germs will spread to your contacts. Then your eyes may feel really uncomfortable or get irritated while wearing them.

• Will too much sugar contribute to the myopia?

  Some experts say sugar can make the eyesight even worse if you have got myopia. Because sugar will use too much vitamin B1 to metabolize in the body. Vitamin B1 is indispensible to maitain the eyesight. So once there is not enough vitamin B1 in your body, the eyesight will get worse.

• Is there a kind of glasses that can do the computer work and reading both?

  Computer bifocals can meet your both needs for computer use and reading. You can get them from your opticians.

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