Category Archives: Astigmatism

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What is Astigmatism?

Most of us have at least some flaws with our eyesight. If you’re over 40, your up-close vision is probably in need of reading glasses. That’s presbyopia and is almost universal for people over age 40. If you’re nearsighted, called myopia, that means you can see up close fine, but distance vision usually needs correction. […]


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Astigmatism

People usually understand what it means to be nearsighted, myopia. You can see well up close, but distance vision isn’t perfect. To be more clinical, your distance vision has a refractive error. The opposite is farsightedness, hyperopia. You can see well at distance, but up close has a refractive error and needs correction. It’s the […]



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