Correcting for Astigmatism

Dr. Robert Strohecker explains what astigmatism is and how it can be corrected with glasses, contacts, or surgical options.

[@jerrywebb1424]

Excellant présentation and explanation for the common person. Wonderful & many thanks!

[@ws_2_old2]

Great, now I have astigmatism on my ears too

[@GalileoFigar0]

Amazing! So true 😂

[@shafferl56]

This guy is a genius.

[@jonduffer4340]

Thank You Dr.

[@jcvideo1001]

bright light or a reflective desk are main causes of astigmatism for many

[@sevenfri210]

Thank you Doctor...very helfull explanation

[@mlgsablan7805]

my right ear feels lonely :(

[@Navarrete19]

mark sablan my left

[@100PercentOS2]

Why didn't you include your website address in the description below? Anyhow, your video was very informative. I have astigmatism in my left eye that wants to move around and cause double vision a lot. But doctors refuse to make a prism for me.

[@ogelolaogunbadejo6850]

Thanks so much

[@zahoor2mir]

hi I loved your way of explaining I would like to see more vedios hope others too I request you to kindly do some vedios on retinoscopy or explain about the retinoscopy technics thanks

[@barbieenriquez3267]

Nice and very informative video..

[@coreyn1677]

Vanessa Enriquez does it causes blindness????

[@Alexis_005]

Mine was cause because i used to push my eyes down to see stars ⭐️ if i could go back in time i would kick myself’s Ass. I was probably born with awesome eyesight but i ruined it. My dad and mom are on their 50s with 20/20 vision

[@MegaEspacioSan]

I need this

[@ogelolaogunbadejo6850]

I think I've been misdiagnosed

[@sethphil6009]

tat was helpful!!

[@shereehardin5783]

my dad has this.can he go blind and how long should he wear his glasses(should he always wear them, including when watching tv)?

[@silaslongshot941]

How would you cope with ptosis induced irregular astigmatism that's so severe I have fake images above AND below the actual image of what I'm viewing by the end of the day? Renders my glasses completely useless, makes no visual difference with them on or off.

[@noamushhaktana]

i have astigmatism and i just got my glasses its so beutifull to see sharp and not smeared but the thing is that i cant wear them all the time

[@fahadmurshed3654]

I have the same problem too.

[@christiefarrowjohnston7269]

Why?

[@blondie6222]

is it because prismatic lenses used to correct astigmatism can actually make it worse?

[@christiefarrowjohnston7269]

I've got astigmatism 5.75 I've got glasses visions very good with them

[@salmaaan9484]

Are glasses for astigmatism the same as any normal glasses, or are they different? I mean is there any visual difference?

[@triniwarrior16]

i have this and its slightly blurry

[@talicianicole9524]

I was told you cant wear color contacts with Astigmastism,but I hear people say they got contacts with color with Astigmatism

[@eleventwelve2650]

Talicia Nicole I have astigmatism and I actually have colored lenses without it being customized to my astigmatism. I wear my glasses more often though.

[@Imawatches]

I have myopia and astigmatism.... how do i fix both 😭

[@tigerbaby8621]

I have astigmatism with farsightedness and focusing

[@r1pp3dx]

I have a myopic astigmatism in both eyes. I'm going to go for a lasik consultation, I just hope it's not lenticular. Anybody know how to tell the different between lenticular astigmatism vs any other type? Edit: Nm he answered my question. I've worn soft lenses to correct my astigmatism in the past so, it's most likely not lenticular.

[@shikham9619]

Hi, did you have astigmatism since childhood? How much did it changed over the years? Thank.

[@Vikassingh-fy7jk]

Right eye SPH +1.50 CLY - 3 AXIS 90 vision 6/36 Left eye SPH +2.50 CLY +1.5 AXIS 160 vision 6/18p I am wearing glasses but my vision is not perfect.... Is there any hope to improve my vision

[@sajanarora5067]

Bhai ek baar baat ho skti ha aap sa

[@jemimamarcos7247]

what do you mean that glasses can correct astigmatism, do you mean that after using glasses for a long time your eyesight will improve or your vision would just become sharper if you only wear it? sorry I'm just confused

[@ockertoustesizem1234]

glasses dont cure refractive error, they only correct it.

[@Alexis_005]

Exactly it only addresses symptoms not correct it

[@giagiorgadze1359]

After successfull surgery can i go into sports? Is there possibility that eye muscle will be still damaged?

[@hirogaru9131]

Gia Giorgadze You can, and LASIK procedure are rarely have complications especially long term ones blurry vision or photophobic do occur right after the procedure but it's normal and will eventually get better it wont do anything with eye muscle it will just repair cornea Hope You get better

[@jkangjam7866]

I am an astigmatic and sometimes even after wearing glasses I can't focus and get blurred. Which is better for better vision contact lens or glasses for astigmatism? I am thinking of getting contact lens if it has better vision. Plis rply

[@crock2880]

I wore toric contacts for astigmatism for years. They are "weighted" to correct the astigmatism, which made them very uncomfortable. I started wearing my glasses more because it wasn't worth it. Even with glasses though things will still go out of focus. I was told that the astigmatism can be more permanently corrected with lasik so I'm now gonna go that route.

[@SaltyPeanutz]

Acuvue Oasys has contact lens for astigmatism and they are super soft and pretty much the same as a regular one but there's some sort of technology behind it that they could make it soft. You should really look it up because me and my sis wear them and they helped me a ton! Thing is with astigmatism you always get an occasional blur. Also it can get pricy for me because I have to buy regular for my left and astigmatism for my right.

[@shikham9619]

Hi, how much is your astigmatism? Did you have it since childhood and how much did it changed over the years?

[@chakrapanirajana2176]

There no audio in the right earphone.. without earphones everything is good

[@DharambirPoddar]

i am also suffering from this and very panic about it what should i do,,how can i correct it please tell me sir.

[@hirogaru9131]

dharambir poddar dharambir poddar You should consult a Doctor, and He may suggest You to do a procedure called LASIK It will use laser to correct Your cornea, and complications are rare

[@leezat2626]

How come you are not talking about eye exercise ans right diet?

[@SianaGearz]

+Leeza Topchiy Well what's that gonna do? One of my major mistakes, was to believe those people who said you shouldn't wear glasses, should do eye exercise and eat carrots. It was hard to me to tell that i couldn't see well, it seemed that i just need to put a little more effort into it. When you get too used to it, your brain starts masking the issue, but it has to work extra hard, so discomfort is a result. I had migraines for most of my life until i started wearing glasses. According to my experiences, i believe people who believe in Bates method are suffering from a delusion, their brains are accommodating and tricking them, rather than the vision being improved. I can see the benefit of diet and exercise to preserve elasticity of tissues, the health of nerve endings, and the range of muscle motion for accommodation; however astigmatism isn't either of those. Once your cornea has grown anisotropic in shape, it will stay that way forever.

[@beautifullife7352]

Siana Gearz How can you explain that some people can reduce astigmatism and actually they get lower prescriptions? Your eyeball can change if you change your bad habits,but this could take months,years,we don't know...

[@SianaGearz]

Susana Fonseca Prescriptions are noisy and very much based on perceptions of the patient. In my experience, when i got a lower prescription, a while later i found that the stronger one actually allowed me to see better, with a drawback that it might be more tiresome to adapt to. But you don't see well when you are tired either, so there's a tradeoff to be made there, a tradeoff that optometrists are usually not equipped to make, not with limited time they have per patient, nor with the lack of information on how the person actually feels in detail. I too have learned to live with astigmatism without knowing it, and i could read much better than other people with astigmatism without glasses. I can no longer read so well without glasses. Image processing in the brain is very flexible and based around learned pattern matching - the constant necessity to do so made me match blurry patterns to characters better. But it didn't make me see better. You know the astigmatic mirror? It's a pattern of lines. It showed the same distortion in line thickness years ago (when i could read without glasses better) as it does now, indicating that it's not the vision that has changed at all. It's rather obvious that the reverse is also true, that some or all of the astigmatic people who decide to learn to live without glasses also learn to recognize shapes better in spite of not actually seeing better. But in my experience it's a torture that i wouldn't want to repeat, it's not worth it. So there's a systematic fault in vision tests that are performed with characters of alphabet rather than with abstract shapes that are not encountered daily. Eyeball changes its shape how exactly, sitting in a bone socket? It's not very likely, and i haven't seen sufficient evidence that it can do that. The flexible part of the eye is after all a lens. However there doesn't appear to be a mechanism to tension the lens anisotropically to correct for astigmatism!

[@clairduffy60]

I am both long and short sighted.

[@bilalsarwar2099]

how i can contect with you

[@Josph123456789]

I have astigmatism in both eye and both are 3.50

[@Josph123456789]

Is that bad?

[@lj2590]

I have almost the same degrees, I've been wearing contact lenses since 11 years, I am 38 years old

[@aminofuel2801]

@Jeff Watson why?

[@shikham9619]

Hi, did you have astigmatism since childhood and how much did it changed over the years? Thank.

[@ogelolaogunbadejo6850]

Does astigmatism make someone's eyeball to shake vertically?

[@SianaGearz]

+Oge Ogunbadejo Nope.

[@ogelolaogunbadejo6850]

Thanks

[@ogelolaogunbadejo6850]

My eye balls shakes from side to side but was told it's astigmatism, what do i do?

[@SianaGearz]

Oge Ogunbadejo I don't know, it shouldn't do that. I think it's Strabismus, not Astigmatism. But i imagine it's remotely possible that Astigmatism could be the cause of this too. For Astigmatism, they add a cylindrical curve to the prescription glasses, that's the right thing to do. For Strabismus, they add a prismatic wedge shape to the prescription. I don't have an opinion on whether it solves the issue or how. There's a difference, that Astigmatism is a physiological condition, that is easy to correct, while Strabismus is a muscle coordination issue, so no sure fire course of action exists. There are quick online and printout tests with which you can determine whether you have a significant degree of astigmatism, they may be called Astigmatism Chart or Astigmatism Mirror or somesuch. They consist of concentric lines. You start moving away from the chart, looking at it with one eye at a time, and then if you see vertical, diagonal or horizontal lines much better than others, then you probably have astigmatism. Online charts however are not suitable for diagnosis. They are also not precise enough to determine the angle of astigmatism and don't allow to determine the strength of astigmatism. Be wary, some pages use such century old tests to build reader trust, and then abuse this trust by peddling useless products. I am not a medical professional, so don't take medical advice from me. You should visit a qualified Doctor of Ophthalmology who can inspect you in person. You will not be able to resolve your issue by text conversation. The doctor will also perform measurements and try dozens of lenses to determine the correct values for correction glasses.

[@ogelolaogunbadejo6850]

+Siana Gearz Hello again and sorry for any disturbances. Can ask i if there's any specialist hospital in the UK that treats such conditions? All glasses i've been priiscribe haven't been the right ones. It's hard for me to read from afar. Thank you.

[@vicspis]

I have astigmatism :/ I'm getting my glasses next week :3

[@Raghav_sharma_w]

Can you tell me if you're astigmatism is corrected? And ypu still need glasses or your eyes are now Normal?

[@jdmDC2ftw]

"Correcting" means wearing glasses can "fix" they eye over time or am I going to see on 180p for the rest of my life? And does wearing glasses affect my vision over time?

[@tanieshausher6635]

I got astigmatism from my dad

[@nickcobra4638]

Same

[@itsmegels6559]

I got it from to much radiation.

[@ramaswamysankarasubbu7661]

Give me a thums up..if u have trouble breathing as well???

[@wynonac4577]

am i deaf or theres no audio

[@sonysonic5858]

don't even play with that

[@lydiawhite1750]

I have astegmatism

[@otiebrown9999]

If less than 1 diopter - do not do it.

[@shreyaroka1551]

Why?

[@Keyvanizator]

My right ear feels lonely.

[@lindawalker2752]

So long....get to the point!

[@red6833]

Let's be patient. It's nice of him to share this information....

[@jermyeder2262]

You are a doctor yet you forgot another way to correct astigmatism and basically told your audience that that if they have lenticular astigmatism you cant have it fixed yet the most common surgery done can correct a lenticular astigmatism with a Toric IOL. Is this because you don't know how to do it so you pretend it doesn't exist or is there some other reason to misinform your audience.