A 38-year-old member asked:
is it common to have blurred vision with pupil dilation?
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Dr. Alfred H. Rivera answered
40 years experience Ophthalmology
Yes.: It is common, expected and practically universal. Your pupil is dilated by the eye doctor in order to be able to get a better and more complete view of the back internal structures of your eye (retina, macula, optic nerve). The drug induced dilation temporarily paralyzes the muscles in the iris & ciliary body that one uses to properly focus resulting in temporary blurred vision mostly at near.
Answered on Jan 27, 2017
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