Can you get LASIK eye surgery for Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome?
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No.
LASIK corrects myopia (nearsightedness) by removing a microscopic amount of tissue from the front of your eye. This works because myopia typically means your eye is slightly too long; therefore, if you remove some of the tissue in the front, it makes your eye the correct length to focus images clearly on the retina.
The term "Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome" and what it means doesn't exactly make sense (one of the reasons it is not recognized by the American Optometric Association). The term itself "scotopic" refer to night vision by the rod photoreceptors. In contrast, the term "photopic" refers to daytime vision by the cone photoreceptors that see color and fine detail. So if you would have a problem with your scotopic system, by definition, you would have trouble with night vision. But this isn't what Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome typically refers to.
But that point aside, LASIK cannot fix something that is wrong with the processing system of the photoreceptors in the eye or the neuropathways that lead to the occipital lobe.
Who diagnosed you with Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome? They should have been able to answer treatment questions for you.
No.
LASIK corrects myopia (nearsightedness) by removing a microscopic amount of tissue from the front of your eye. This works because myopia typically means your eye is slightly too long; therefore, if you remove some of the tissue in the front, it makes your eye the correct length to focus images clearly on the retina.
The term "Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome" and what it means doesn't exactly make sense (one of the reasons it is not recognized by the American Optometric Association). The term itself "scotopic" refer to night vision by the rod photoreceptors. In contrast, the term "photopic" refers to daytime vision by the cone photoreceptors that see color and fine detail. So if you would have a problem with your scotopic system, by definition, you would have trouble with night vision. But this isn't what Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome typically refers to.
But that point aside, LASIK cannot fix something that is wrong with the processing system of the photoreceptors in the eye or the neuropathways that lead to the occipital lobe.
Who diagnosed you with Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome? They should have been able to answer treatment questions for you.
LASIK and insurance coverage?
Lily Potte
Last year I went to an eye doctor and was told I was legally blind (without corrective lenses) in my left eye and have poor vision in my right eye. I am considering getting LASIK eye surgery and I am going to see a new eye doctor (I recently moved) in two weeks for an eye exam and consultation. I am under my dad's health insurance and it's through his job at a hospital. Normally, we have very good coverage. under his plan. If I am considered legally blind (without corrective lenses), would the insurance be able to cover some if not all of the procedure? I know it's considered a 'cosmetic' procedure but would the fact that I'm 'legally' blind make any difference in the coverage? Also, how much are most people with insurance 'expected' to per each eye?
Answer
nope. almost certainly not. virtually no insurance plan pays anything towards lasik. a *few* do but they are VERY rare and they're the ones with the SUPER HIGH premiums. the absolute "full" coverage plans that almost nobody has. probably not what your father has working at a hospital.
so, no. even if someone told you that you're "legally blind w/o correction". BTW I hate that term. there is no such entity. "legally blind", by definition, involves wearing the best possible correction.
lasik is cosmetic. it is. even if you think your vision is bad. the insurance company sees it as cosmetic.
nope. almost certainly not. virtually no insurance plan pays anything towards lasik. a *few* do but they are VERY rare and they're the ones with the SUPER HIGH premiums. the absolute "full" coverage plans that almost nobody has. probably not what your father has working at a hospital.
so, no. even if someone told you that you're "legally blind w/o correction". BTW I hate that term. there is no such entity. "legally blind", by definition, involves wearing the best possible correction.
lasik is cosmetic. it is. even if you think your vision is bad. the insurance company sees it as cosmetic.
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