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2020-07-17 12:18:24
What is the axis = 05 in the left eye prescription. In right eye prescription my axis is 175 and in left eye it is 05 .I have attached my prescription below .
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Eye power can be of spherical type or cylindrical type. While the spherical power does not have an axis, the cylindrical power acts at a particular axis. That it 5 and 175 in your case in either of your eyes.
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It is the degree of axis of cylindrical number

Answered2020-07-17 15:49:31

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You have a cylindrical number 0.75 in both eyes. Cylindrical number is always at a particular axis. In your case the axis is 175° in right eye and 5° in left eye.

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