What Is The Procedure?

Once you have decided that you would like to get allergy shots, you will receive a shot 1 or 2 times a week for about 6 months. Afterwards, your maintenance shots will require you to get one shot a month, year round for about 3-5 years. Once you have received allergy shots on a regular basis for a couple years, you can discuss it with your doctor and they may tell you its okay to stop getting them at that point.

What Are The Side Effects?

Although allergy shots are effective for many individuals in eliminating allergy symptoms, certain individuals may experience some harmful side effects. Some people may experience feelings of shock when shot is initially injected, others may feel light-headed or nauseated. For this reason, doctors are required to keep patients in their office for at least 20 minutes after receiving each shot in order to ensure patient’s safety.

Some people swear by allergy shots while others criticize effects or claim they don’t work effectively. If you are considering receiving immunotherapy, contact your doctor to discuss. Your doctor will give you more insight in order for you to determine if this is something you really want to do.

Farsightedness Farsightedness—also referred to as hyperopia—is also a very common vision problem. Hyperopia affects around one fourth of population, and like myopia is generally caused by genetic factors. Hyperopia is caused by an eyeball that is shorter than normal, and may often occur in children. Many people confuse hyperopia with presbyopia but hyperopia is generally caused by genetic factors and presbyopia is an age-related vision problem. Those who experience hyperopia may have symptoms such as headaches or eyestrain and may in addition find it difficult to focus when working on close range projects such as reading or sewing. (Source: AllAboutVision.com)

Presbyopia Unlike astigmatism, nearsightedness and farsightedness—which are caused by shape of eyeball and attributed to genetic factors—presbyopia is an age-related disease. Presbyopia develops during middle age—occurring most often when a patient is in his or her 40’s. Those who experience symptoms of Presbyopia have difficulty distinguishing objects which are close to them. For instance, those who develop Presbyopia often find it difficult to read a menu, to sew, or to write. Presbyopia can be treated by bifocal contact lenses, (link to: http://discountcontacts.info/bifocals/bifocal-contacts.asp) which like most contact lenses are available in various varieties, which include among others, soft and rigid gas permeable lenses as well as disposable or frequent-replacement lenses.