Hello doctors,
I want to know that how does the axis parameter in the lens power impact the eyes.
I am a 28 yr old female and having myopic eyes. I wear powered glasses. I recently went for an eye checkup and optician said that there's no difference in the eye power and I can continue with the same specs. then I got checked my glasses for their power.
In the hospital the optician checked it manually (since the machine was not available there) and I was provided by the parameters as follows
Left eye -2 (sph)/-0.5 (cyl)/ 120 axis
Right eye -1 (sph)/-0.5 (cyl)/70 axis
However I again got checked the power using machine and the parameters are as follows.
Left eye -2 (sph)/-0.5 (cyl)/ 130 axis
Right eye -1 (sph)/-0.5 (cyl)/50 axis
The only difference in both the powers are in the axis values.
I am supposed to have a new specs but I am not sure with which power I should go for.
Kindly help.
Thank you
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Checking manually by asking you to decide which one is better - is the best correction.
In your case you can go to an opticians again and give him/her both numbers. The optician will let you compare between the two numbers.
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