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Combinations and treatments

It is not uncommon for those who suffer astigmatism also have other refractive abnormalities, such as nearsightedness or farsightedness. In the first, the eyeball is longer (such as egg laying) than normal and the object to be observed is focused in front of the retina, located at the bottom of the eye, and not exactly on it, so that fail see distant images, the opposite is called hyperopia, and both reached their maximum degree of advancement at age 22, about age when the eye reaches its full maturity.

Imagine then the double vision problem: not defining objects (near or far) and, furthermore, distorted view. Fortunately, medical science has made significant progress to correct these anomalies, the most common prescription glasses for children, and special soft contact lenses (O) or rigid gas permeable, adolescents and adults.

Surgery is an option more and more shows added security. The laser-assisted refractive surgery is the most recurrent, is used in more than 80% of worldwide operations for the three cases of ocular abnormalities that have been identified, and its technical name is assisted in situ keratomileusis Laser (laser assisted in situ keratomileusis, LASIK). In it, the cornea is scratched or carving through the beam to reduce the size of the eyeball and the image reaching the retina, the operation is performed in only a few minutes (about five) and recovery requires only few hours.

Who decides to have surgery must meet certain indications, such as greater than 22 years of age and have minimum graduation of glasses or two diopters (unit for measuring the degree of vision) or six at most, it only guarantees optimal intervention Results within this range, and those who must necessarily go beyond using lenses (with lower rank).

It is difficult to find a justification for women to go to the ophthalmologist more frequently than men anyway, friend, do not miss the statistics and go very quickly to trust specialist and find a quick solution to your vision problems.

credit to: Regina Reyna

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