How Can Neurolens Treat BVD?

Binocular Vision Dysfunction, or BVD, is a problem with the alignment of your eyes. Our eyes work together to produce vision, but in order for them to produce a single, clear image, they need to work in perfect synchronization. This means that they need to be aligned in the same plane.


When the eyes are misaligned, your brain and eyes have to work much harder to try and turn the individual images seen by each eye into one, single image. This places a great deal of pressure onto the trigeminal nerve – the largest nerve in the brain, and the nerve that is responsible for most of the sensations that we experience in both our head and neck.


The thing with BVD is that it causes a wide range of different symptoms. These can come and go, range in severity, and may vary in which ones you experience. Some of the most common symptoms associated with binocular vision dysfunction include:
 

• Headaches

• Shoulder and neck pain

• Tired eyes

• Sensitivity to light

• Dizziness

• Clumsiness

• Blurred/double vision

• Painful eyes

• Nausea/vomiting

• Motion sickness

• Dry, itchy, and irritated eyes

• Poor depth perception

If you experience any of these symptoms, it’s a good idea to take this free 5 Minute Self Test for binocular vision dysfunction. If you are given a diagnosis of BVD, you can ask if you're a candidate for Neurolens.

 

What are Neurolenses?

Neurolenses are the only contoured prism prescription lenses that are specially designed for the treatment of binocular vision dysfunction. Each lens contains a small amount of contoured prism. This prism bends the light before it travels through the eye, redirecting it in order to improve how the eyes work as a team. This will help create a clear image in each eye that your brain can successfully fuse into a single, focused picture.


Neurolens contoured prism lenses take your individual dynamic eye alignment into consideration. The team at The Dizziness and Headache Optometry Center will then gradually increase the prism power, altering the levels by tiny amounts, to tweak your prescription and bring your eyes into perfect alignment. Neurolenses can be placed into virtually all types of glasses, giving you the versatility to choose frames that suit your personal style. Most patients with BVD will find that their symptoms will improve by about 80% with neurolenses.


If you are worried that you might be affected by binocular vision dysfunction and would like to learn about Neurolenses and how they could help you, please first take our Free 5 Minute Self Test and our knowledgeable team at The Dizziness and Headache Optometry Center in Santa Barbara, California will contact you to discuss the results.
 

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