A 21-year-old member asked:
what causes astigmatism?
4 doctor answers • 8 doctors weighed in
Dr. Vasu Brownanswered
Integrative Medicine 34 years experience
Irregular Cornea: Astigmatism usually is caused by an irregularly shaped cornea. Instead of the cornea having a symmetrically round shape (like a baseball), it is shaped more like a football, with one meridian being significantly more curved than the meridian perpendicular to it. Astigmatism usually causes vision to be blurred or distorted to some degree at all distances.
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Dr. Richard Bensingeranswered
Ophthalmology 52 years experience
Eye growth: Mosty astigmatism is due to the way the eye develops as it grows and is due to differential growth in one axis causing an ovalness of the need for glasses. Some astigmatism can also be from eye trauma.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Refractive Error: Here is a great article by mayo clinic: http://www.Mayoclinic.Com/health/astigmatism/ds00230/dsection=causes. Astigmatism has to do with distortions of the curves in the cornea or the lens of the eye.
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Dr. Harold Peltananswered
Ophthalmology 28 years experience
Cornea, lens: In astigmatism, light that enters the eye is refracted more in one direction than the other, allowing only part of the object to be in focus at one time. 95% of the time, this is caused by differences in curvature in different axes of the cornea on the front of the eye. The cornea does 2/3 of the focusing of light in the eye. The other 1/3 is done by the lens, which causes 5% of astigmatism.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
How can I stop my astigmatism from getting worse?
4 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. Ilan Cohenanswered
Ophthalmology 25 years experience
You cannot: With the exception of certain eye diseases, most people's prescription, including astigmatism, is stable from the early 20s to the middle to late 40s and sometimes beyond. You can correct for this with glasses, contacts or laser vision correction.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Can having astigmatism cause an increase in prescription?
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Dr. Tim Conradanswered
Ophthalmology 34 years experience
Not really: Astigmatism correction is part of an overall glasses or contact lens prescription. Most people have astigmatism; so it's really normal to have it.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Can astigmatism cause visual snow?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Charles Gordonanswered
Specializes in Adolescent Medicine
No: Visual snow are "floaters". They are inside the eyeball. Astigmatism is a problem with the curvature of the cornea. Doesn't have to do with the inside at all. Same organ but different physiological derangement.
2.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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A 19-year-old female asked about a 22-year-old male:
What is astigmatism? And what causes it?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Martin Perlmutteranswered
Ophthalmology 59 years experience
Eye mishapend: astigmatism is when the eye or its structures are not round (spherical). It commonly is on the cornes but may be in the lens or the shape of the eye itself.
1.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Can astigmatism of 0.75 cause headaches only during reading?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Neil McLeodanswered
Prosthodontics 49 years experience
Short Answer Yes: When your brain is straining to accurately interpret what two unmatched eyes are trying to tell them it causes "Eye Strain" See an ophthalmologist as soon as you can and get your vision assessed.
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