A frequent question in women when we talk about correcting visual problems through surgery is: can I operate myopia pregnant? This refractive error is one of the most common, however pregnancy is a stage in which the female body goes through great changes, while the body prepares itself internally for the optimal development of the fetus, a series of hormonal variations occur that, despite If necessary, they can affect other functions of our body, for example, the visual function.
There are many pregnant women who have eye problems during the gestation period and who are not aware that it is a secondary and reversible effect of this stage of their lives. If you are one of the many women who have wondered if you can have surgery myopia being pregnant in Área Oftalmológica Avanzada we respond in detail to your doubts.
Pregnancy and visual problems
During pregnancy, it is completely normal for women to present alterations in their vision or feel that pre-existing conditions such as myopia or astigmatism. Fortunately, most of these variations are reversible at the end of labor, which is why you should not worry.
There are various visual problems that can occur in pregnancy, below, we mention the most common:
- Eye dryness which usually disappears after childbirth and can be treated with eye drops.
- Irritationitching or ocular pain which can prevent the use of contact lenses during pregnancy.
- Thickening or curvature of the cornea It can cause refractive changes.
- Graduation changes that can increase myopia. This problem is very common to the point that many women have difficulty seeing far away during pregnancy.
- Difficulty see well in places with low light.
- Many women present blurred vision due to hypertension or gestational diabetes.
In any case, the visual alterations in the graduation of contact lens and glasses formulas are usually very slight, otherwise, it will be convenient for you to make an appointment with your ophthalmologist for a more in-depth review and, if necessary, to make glasses or lenses suitable for your new prescription.
Is pregnant myopia surgery recommended?
For a person to be a candidate for a refractive surgery It is necessary to comply with a series of requirements such as not having presented any variation in the prescription of the formula for at least one year, not suffering from any type of diabetes and not being breastfeeding. In view of the fact that pregnancy causes a series of visual problems, myopia or any other condition of sight should not be operated during the gestation stage, since the graduation varies and may even change again after delivery.
That said, the best thing to do if you are pregnant and want to have myopia surgery is to wait until the end of breastfeeding, at which time the doctor will be able to study the variations in vision and determine if the changes in prescription have returned to normal. or if it is necessary to wait a little longer to see if they revert.
In addition, it is important that you bear in mind that any medication can affect the composition of breast milk, which is not convenient for the health and nutrition of the baby. Therefore, the answer to the question "can I have surgery for myopia while pregnant?" is no.
