Eyesight and Weight Loss?

springlering62

I’ve searched and don’t really see this addressed. Has anyone’s eyesight changed with their weight loss? I had my eyes checked in October, before I started to lose. My prescription was strengthened a little bit but I didn’t get around to getting new glasses.

I’m now down about 65 pounds since that exam, and my eyesight has become just awful. Everything is out of focus, I can’t see near, I can’t see far. I’m still losing (goal is about 13 more pounds) and am hesitant to invest in new glasses right away because my Rx is so strong and my glasses so expensive.

Anyone else have this experience?

Nokt2018

I have needed to use my readers more now than before.

anubis609

Assuming you don't have any medical conditions that affect eyesight (eg: diabetes), rapid weight loss can induce vision changes, usually because of a drastic drop in nutrition intake. Less food also means less micronutrients. If you've eliminated or severely restricted a wide variety of protein, fruits, and vegetables, you may experience noticeable changes in your body function and health.

On your next eye exam, tell your optometrist about your weight loss affecting your vision. It may or may not be temporary, but don't neglect your overall health in the quest for weight loss.

lynn_glenmont

springlering62 wrote: »

I’ve searched and don’t really see this addressed. Has anyone’s eyesight changed with their weight loss? I had my eyes checked in October, before I started to lose. My prescription was strengthened a little bit but I didn’t get around to getting new glasses.

I’m now down about 65 pounds since that exam, and my eyesight has become just awful. Everything is out of focus, I can’t see near, I can’t see far. I’m still losing (goal is about 13 more pounds) and am hesitant to invest in new glasses right away because my Rx is so strong and my glasses so expensive.

Anyone else have this experience?

Eyesight changes over time. It's most likely a coincidence that this is happening at the same time that you're losing weight.

Go see your eye doctor.

grinning_chick

Nutritional deficiency would likely be a whole herd of zebras to rule out.

A horse would be loss of retrobulbar fat (you lose/gain fat everywhere there's fat, when you do) changing the shape of the globe (eye ball) and/or how the muscles attached to the globe pull/distort it. If globe shape changes, it can affect where the lens is focusing the image on the retina.

(https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10636)

Talk with an ophthalmologist (actual MD/DO doctor), not an optometrist (OD, doctor of optometry), about it if you normally see an optometrist exclusively and s/he looks at you blankly and/or chalks it up to age alone out of hand.

Also make sure your intraocular pressures are normal while you're at it.