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Medical Forum / General / Vision / August 2007Eyeglass prescription question
This is the eyeglass prescription (that I got today) for my left eye, which I'm copying exactly as written: -50 -1.25 x 85 I was just surfing around to try and gage how bad that is, and the -50 number doesn't seem to correspond to the usual measurement system, which looks like it generally runs from -12 to +8. Assuming my eye is not completely off the charts, I'm thinking it's shorthand for either -0.50 or -5.0. Anyone know which one it is? On Aug 19, 12:02 am, Blasterbot5555 <blasterbot5...@hotmail.com> wrote: > This is the eyeglass prescription (that I got today) for my left eye, > which I'm copying exactly as written: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > not completely off the charts, I'm thinking it's shorthand for either > -0.50 or -5.0. Anyone know which one it is? If you can read the computer monitor witout glasses, it's probably -0.50. If you see only a blur it's probably -5.00. > This is the eyeglass prescription (that I got today) for my left eye, > which I'm copying exactly as written: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > not completely off the charts, I'm thinking it's shorthand for either > -0.50 or -5.0. Anyone know which one it is? It is probably -.50, which is a very mild near sightedness. But you do have an astigmatism that needs correcting (the -1.25 at 85 degrees). If by some chance it is supposed to be -5.00, then you are going to have trouble if you take it somewhere else to get glasses because they will make them with -.50. Thanks to everyone who answered. Based on what you all said, it sounds like it's -.50. Which is surprising, because just from a numbers standpoint, I would have guessed it was the other one. But "very mild near-sightedness" sounds more like my vision than "sees the computer monitor as a blur." > Thanks to everyone who answered. Based on what you all said, it sounds > like it's -.50. Which is surprising, because just from a numbers > standpoint, I would have guessed it was the other one. But "very mild > near-sightedness" sounds more like my vision than "sees the computer > monitor as a blur." Actually, -5.00 would be more like "sees the distance as a blur". If your monitor was close enough, you might be able to see it with a -5.00 (since you are nearsighted). You are slightly nearsighted with some astigmatism. the "-1.25 x 85" part of the prescription describes the astigmatism. The prescription is fairly mild and I would bet that a computer screen looks pretty good without any glasses or contact lenses on. >Thanks to everyone who answered. Based on what you all said, it sounds >like it's -.50. Which is surprising, because just from a numbers >standpoint, I would have guessed it was the other one. But "very mild >near-sightedness" sounds more like my vision than "sees the computer >monitor as a blur." |
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