Is LASIK Good for You?

If you are suffering from any refractive errors of the eye like myopia or short sightedness, hypermetropia or far sightedness (unable to see near objects clearly) and astigmatism, it is only natural to have a doubt if you are fit for Lasik eye surgery. If you decide to undergo laser eye surgery for you vision problem, it is important to know if lasik eye surgery will be good for you or not.

Due to the advancement of technology and techniques (use of “wavefront technology” to map the cornea before undergoing Lasik eye surgery, which reduce the side effects and complications in Lasik eye surgery) in eye surgery many more patients with eye problem can undergo eye surgery including Lasik eye surgery without much complication, who were considered not fit to undergo Lasik surgery previously. At present almost all the patients with refractive errors of the eye can undergo Lasik eye surgery unless they have diseases like glaucoma (this is due to raised intra-ocular pressure to more than 21 mm of Hg, up to which the pressure of the eye is considered normal), high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus with high and uncontrolled blood sugar, severe general weakness, very low level of body immunity (immuno-compromised patients like AIDS or other causes) etc.

If you are suffering from any of the systemic diseases mentioned above, than the disease should be under control (e.g. high blood pressure should be brought to normal with proper medication, blood sugar level should also be within normal limit etc.) before undergoing Lasik eye surgery. If your systemic disease (like hypertension, diabetes etc.) are not under control it may cause complication during surgery and post operatively. To reduce post operative complication of Lasik eye surgery (and also any other surgery) it is important to have body physiology to as close to normal as possible, as the best time for surgery is when the body physiology is normal.

It is very important to have a clear idea what Lasik eye surgery is, before you have to undergo Lasik eye surgery. If you understand the procedure clearly it will reduce your apprehension about the surgery, which will in turn reduce intra-operative and post operative complications. You should ask your ophthalmic surgeon about the procedure and a good doctor will always try to remove fear, concerns and apprehension and dispel any myth that you may have.

So it can be said easily that you are a good candidate for Lasik eye surgery, unless you are suffering from disease like glaucoma, high blood pressure, diabetes or if you have low level of immunity.