astigmatism

• shinta

  27 Apr 05, 10:35

  wat causes astigmatism... and how to prevent ur degree from gettin worse?
  
  optician said i got astigmatism... just ordered a new pair of specs
  
  gettin it next week
  
  so exp
• FireIce

  27 Apr 05, 10:36

  me have astig oso
  but me oso got high myopia
  im wearing normal contact lens......cos the optician say my high degree can "cover" my astig
  no need wear astig contact lens....
• shinta

  27 Apr 05, 10:37

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  me have astig oso
  but me oso got high myopia
  im wearing normal contact lens......cos the optician say my high degree can "cover" my astig
  no need wear astig contact lens....

  wah..
  
  my myopia quite low..
  
  forgot to ask about the new degree... but the old one was 150 on teh left... 50 on the right
• poon cho tang

  27 Apr 05, 10:38

  Astigmatism
  
  Astigmatism is a refraction error of the eye characterized by an aspherical cornea in which one axis of corneal steepness is greater than the perpendicular axis. Astigmatism causes difficulties in seeing fine detail, and can be often corrected by glasses with a cylindrical lens (i.e. a lens that has different radii of curvature in different planes), contact lenses, or refractive surgery.
  
  Astigmatism occurs when either the cornea or the lens of the eye is not perfectly spherical. As a result, the eye has different focal points in different planes. For example, the image may be clearly focused on the retina in the horizontal plane, but in front of the retina in the vertical plane.
  
  
  Aspherical cornea (top, exaggerated) and normal eye below.
  
  Types of Astigmatism
  
  - Simple
  -- Simple hyperopic astigmatism
  -- Simple myopic astigmatism
  
  - Compound
  -- Compound hyperopic astigmatism
  -- Compound myopic astigmatism
  
  - Mixed astigmatism
  
  
  Simulated vision of a person with uncorrected astigmatism. The oblong shape of the cornea causes opposing radial portions to be blurred.
• shade343

  27 Apr 05, 10:44

  I only got lazy eye....
• shinta

  27 Apr 05, 10:50

  Originally posted by shade343:

  I only got lazy eye....

  i got tt n astig
• shinta

  27 Apr 05, 10:54

  man i feel like puking
  
  could it be cos i'm usin only one eye?
  
• poon cho tang

  27 Apr 05, 10:55

  Originally posted by shinta:

  man i feel like puking
  
  could it be cos i'm usin only one eye?
  

  u got dizzy looking thru only one eye or u saw sumting disgusting thru that eye?
• mistyblue

  27 Apr 05, 10:57

  yeah high degree and high astiq ..
  
  I going to laser it next week. Fed up liao.
  Contact sometimes give me pain or is blur
  
• sbst275

  28 Apr 05, 08:36

  Mine is myopia... Abt 150 degree
• deathscythe99

  28 Apr 05, 08:38

  Myopia....Astig is mild for me
  
  Though one of my contacts is toric
• shinta

  28 Apr 05, 09:15

  Originally posted by poon cho tang:

  u got dizzy looking thru only one eye or u saw sumting disgusting thru that eye?

  the former.. the only thing disgusting over here... wpould be my work area
  
  tissues all over the place... in their packets
  
  n plastic bags..
• shinta

  28 Apr 05, 09:16

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Mine is myopia... Abt 150 degree

  that would be for my left eye bah...
  
  hmm not sure about the degree now.. forgot to ask when i went over on tues >.<
• Danisdead101times

  28 Apr 05, 09:18

  Originally posted by shinta:

  wat causes astigmatism... and how to prevent ur degree from gettin worse?
  
  optician said i got astigmatism... just ordered a new pair of specs
  
  gettin it next week
  
  so exp

  its worth it lah...do you want to spend rest of your life living in a blur blur world?
• shinta

  2 May 05, 22:16

  Originally posted by Danisdead101times:

  its worth it lah...do you want to spend rest of your life living in a blur blur world?

  
  
  got my specs on sat...
  
  i look so much better in frameless!!!
  
  my new specs is like.. rectangular... longer than my prev, and....
  
  it's frame's for the top half