Is it normal for a blind eye to start giving up on opening over time?

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I lost the vision in one of my eyes a few eyes ago. Fully, not even any light perception remains. I've begun to notice, however, that, over time, that eye has been opening less, as in it no longer wishes to open fully like the other eye. At first it was just a tiny bit but, now, it's rather noticeable. It's almost like my eye has decided "OK, I don't work now so I'm just not gonna open all the way anymore." and it's left me wondering if others who lose their vision have the same thing occur, if their blind eye also decides it's just no longer going to put any effort into opening, or if this is actually odd and something I should maybe be concerned about.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    4 years ago

    You'll be fine. I used to have a coworker who was blind in one eye and could never open it. The dude was a hard worker and didn't let it stop him. He did a better job than the people who slacked off.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      Alright, cool, thanks. Yeah, based on responses and votes so far, it's looking like it's most likely nothing to worry about and just the body doing what it does when a part is no longer useful. Amazing how the body will adjust it's resources like that but it does make perfect sense. Why spend energy opening an eye that isn't doing anything to help you survive after all?

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    4 years ago

    It's fine if you don't know, don't feel like you have to comment. I just figure it doesn't hurt to ask here because there's a decent chance there's at least a few people on this site with an eye that went blind or something similar who may know.

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  • RoseIsabella
    4 years ago

    I don't even know.

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  • IceRed
    4 years ago

    Yeah, that's normal and makes sense. Those eyelid muscles are no longer needed.
    I know someone who was born blind, and now their eyelids are constantly shut, although their eyeballs are still in their sockets. They just don't need to use those muscles anymore so

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  • ToffeeMe
    4 years ago

    what happen ?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      Just a bad knock to the head mixed with genetics for weak eye structures. In my case my retina didn't handle the jolt from the impact very well and decided to detach. Sadly, treatment didn't work for that eye, saved my other, mostly, but I lost all the vision on one side.

      I get on pretty well despite it. Really the lack of depth perception was the hardest bit to adapt to for me, but, then again, I still have my other eye and, while it's vision has been damaged, it still works pretty well.

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      • ToffeeMe
        4 years ago

        Have you ever consulted for an eye operation? I mean, you can still find things or chances right?

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          4 years ago

          Sadly, there aren't any for once a retina has detached all the way. The retina is still a bit beyond our current medical means. Maybe one day but, I am keeping an eye out (not intended as a pun) for any promising advancements in medical tech.

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  • litelander8
    4 years ago

    My grandma had a glass eye the majority of her life. Her lid was never fully open and didn't fully close when she slept either. You'll live.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      4 years ago

      Yeah, if it's not a sign of any potential issues, I'm not gonna worry too much about it really. Just kinda couldn't help but wonder if that's typical or not.

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      • litelander8
        4 years ago

        For sure!

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  • DeathXN
    4 years ago

    Idk, I can't respond to this.

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