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Please share an interesting fact about dealing with astigmatism.

23 doctors weighed in across 17 answers

Ignore: Fortunately most astigmatic eyes correct with glasses, contact lenses, and refractive surgery.

Answered 3/9/2014

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Dr. Jan Lei Iwata answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: Get the best possible correction with glasses/contact lenses.

Answered 4/18/2014

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Ignore: Astigmatism can be corrected with glasses, toric contact lenses or with refractive surgery.

Answered 4/30/2014

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Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: Glasses or contacts can correct astigmatism, if increasing astigmatism rule out Keratoconus as cause.

Answered 5/20/2014

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Ignore: It can be corrected by glasses, contact lens, refractive laser correction or intra-ocular lens.

Answered 12/11/2014

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Ignore: Almost all astigmatism can be successfully treated - by laser, contacts, or glasses.

Answered 6/1/2014

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Dr. Harold Peltan answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: LASIK surgery can fix astigmatism in most cases.

Answered 6/30/2014

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Astigmatism is correctable by your optometrist or ophthalmologist.

Answered 7/16/2014

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Ignore: Astigmatism - People see things as blurry at any distance.

Answered 7/28/2014

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Ignore: With good lighting, you can lower your eyelid to partially cover the pupil and read more clearly.

Answered 1/16/2019

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Ignore: Astigmatism is not usually an eye disease, but rather an asymmetrical curvature of the cornea.

Answered 11/20/2014

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Dr. Sandra Lora Cremers answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: Astigmatism: depends on corneal curvature (eye window) & inner lens. Best VA =use full refraction.

Answered 1/30/2015

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It: It can be corrected with glasses,laser or if a cataract is present, a toric intraocular lens.

Answered 11/7/2015

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Astigmatism: Astigmatism can be corrected at the time of cataract surgery such that one can become glasses free postoperatively.

Answered 9/15/2015

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Dr. Tod Haller answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Ignore: Not all astigmatism needs glasses.

Answered 5/31/2015

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Dr. Mark Sibley answered

Specializes in LASIK Surgery

Ignore: 25% of us have astigmatism causing blurry vision.Lasik ,glasses,or contacts are 3 available options.

Answered 7/20/2015

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Ignore: Astigmatism is a serious sounding word for an actually simple problem. It means the eye is oval.

Answered 7/16/2017

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