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How do i treat anisometropia?

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Contacts/surgery: Anisometropia is caused by large differences in refractive error (such as nearsightedness ) between eyes. This effect occurs with glasses, but not with contact lenses. Surgery to even the two eyes out can also solve it!

Answered 9/28/2012

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Balance the eyes: Anisometropia is defined as a refractive difference between two eyes. The amount of difference determines whether a person is symptomatic and whether it needs to be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery.

Answered 6/18/2015

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Depends : Anisometropia occurs when the basic dioptric power (lens power) of each eye differs by more than 5 units. This creates two images too different in size for the brain to put them together. A contact lens in one of the eyes can minimize this difference and allow binocular function. If the difference is too great for that some form of refractive surgery is the only means to equalize images.

Answered 5/3/2014

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