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Confusion about cylindrical lens

2018-03-31 19:39:20
I have been suffering from hypermeteropia so why doctor suggest me to use cylindrical lens
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Cylinders are advised for astigmatism and it can be myopic as well as hypermetropia. So use glasses as per prescription.

Answered2018-04-09 10:23:42

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Hello Hypermertropia may be simple Hypermertropia where we prescribe plus power glasses It may be compound Hypermertropia where we prescribe cylindrical plus power glasses

Answered2018-04-01 03:01:55

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