Query About Astigmatism

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Doctor, I Have Some Queries About Microscopic Irregular Astigmatism. 1) What is Microscopic Irregular Astigmatism? 2) I Have Heared That Most Of The People (Who Have Regular Astigmatism), Has Also Some Degrees Of Microscopic Irregular Astigmatism. Is It True? 3) If One Have The Microscopic Irregular Astigmatism, Can It Be Corrected With Lasik? Please Answer The Questions, Doc.

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Dr. Karthik Ambur Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon 7 yrs exp Nellore · Accepted Answer

Dr. Karthik Ambur

Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon 7 yrs exp Nellore

Microscopic irregular astigmatism is when cornea curvature has many small irregularities like flat steep which all come together Causing two principle meridian which are not perpendicular(for cylinder power correction we rely on principle meridian) Normal regular astigmatism is different which can be easily solved with cylindrical power and lasik We need to do confocal microscopy and pentacam for microscopic irregular astigmatism before going for refractive correction I.e lasik or prk We might have to start rigid gas permeable or hard toric contact lens in this case

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