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Is Vision And Focusing In Order To Read Common With Parkinson’s?

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Bonne Terre, MO
November 21
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It can be corrected with new glasses. Make sure your optometrist is experienced with how PD affects your eyes. PD Affects the small muscles around your eyes. This is why refocusing can improve your vision.

An optometrist who understands this affect will know how to approach this. Sometimes they put prisms in the lenses.

November 21
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Yes

November 21
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Yes, vision changes such as blurry or double vision are common in Parkinson’s disease. These changes can affect the ability to focus and read. Balance issues and motor symptoms that lead to balance difficulties while standing up, walking, and turning are also common sources of falls in Parkinson’s.

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Yes, vision changes such as blurry or double vision are common in Parkinson’s disease. These changes can affect the ability to focus and read. Balance issues and motor symptoms that lead to balance difficulties while standing up, walking, and turning are also common sources of falls in Parkinson’s.

For more information, you can visit the article on balance issues and Parkinson's here: [Balance and Parkinson’s: 6 Ways To Prevent Falls](https://www.MyParkinsonsTeam.com/resources/bala...).

November 21
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I've had glasses for 30 plus so I can't say

November 21
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Can it be corrected with new glasses?

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