A 47-year-old member asked:
can you tell me how i could improve my eyesight?
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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
52 years experience Ophthalmology
Depends: Is your eyesight lowered because you need improved eyeglasses? Or is it lowered due to internal eye disease? Check with your ophthalmologist to make this distinction and get either treated or a new eyeglass prescription if that is the only problem.
Answered on Jul 20, 2014
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We call eyesight: Visual acuity. The question is rather nonspcecific!
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