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Having astigmatism -- how does it affect vision?
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Blur of vision: An astigmatic eye has optics that are some degree of ovalness. This produces a blur oval which lowers the acuity. Astigmatism is common, mostly lower orders of power, but sometimes very high. Correction is a reverse astigmatism built into the glasses or contacts. Your ophthalmologist can determine the degree of this in you and write out the proper correction.
Answered 6/30/2012
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