What Does A Person With Astigmatism See?

I've always wondered what does a person with astigmatism see in their vision. So I decided to test it out. I attached special astigmatism lenses to my camera and walked around to see how things were. I was shocked on just how blurry things became!
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[@nhatnhatthaothao]

I have -3 and -4 in my glasses, but the world looks more like -2 in the video. It's hard to explain to ppl how I can still see without glasses, just can't read.

[@eubanksmd]

Yeah, sometimes its hard to understand what blurry vision looks like

[@badrikokaia4603]

I have -3 too in right eye.I see literally everything problem starts when i start reading.especially at night. and about left one im not even gonna talk about because i have -9 astigmatism and -7 myopia both and i can't see clearly at any distance.

[@JadeAislin]

It wasn't until -4 that I realized you had been going through the lens. Aside from the no lens section, which was unusually crisp for me, every page looked normal until -4. Though I wonder why these astigmatism videos never look at the best part of astigmatism vision. The lights. And now that it is the holiday season, it's the perfect time. All those holiday decorations. All those Christmas trees. I swear I have never seen a Christmas tree that wasn't filled with twinkling stars pretending to be Christmas lights. Too bad I'm allergic to pine.

[@eubanksmd]

Good suggestion for another video!

[@RaquelNavas]

I was diagnosed with astigmatism 7 months ago.

[@moriahhill2523]

idk if this is exactly how i see it but i think i dont notice it as much during day but driving at night chiiiiiiiiillllldddddd. or maybe im just used to seeing it this way for so long nothing looks abnormal lol

[@Rita50]

Thank you for your video! I have a mild like astigmatism -2.00-2.50 or even -3.00 on top of my myopia (-7.5 one eye -2.00 astigmatism and -11.5 another eye (with cataract now) where I have -3 astigmatism). It’s strange as before cataract the eye which is -11.5 now was -8.5 and had -2.25-2.5 astigmatism, but now it showed -3 astigmatism). I notice I see with less headache with -2.00 cyl on left eye than with -2.5 cyl where the vision is more clear and dazzling. But that’s not what is bothering me. If they put monofocal IOL lens set for distance with my astigmatism is that how I’m going to see as you show in your test? How come I can sort of see ok when I take off my glasses and bring the phone next to my nose (where I have my focus) and I can see all right (apart from that stupid fog occasionally). I can still read and watch a film without glasses on my phone and I don’t feel any astigmatism??? How am I going to see if they don’t correct astigmatism during a cataract surgery? That’s all very strange and puzzles me. I just wonder as I worry that toric lenses may not be safe or stable or that’s the only option for me?

[@Ibhenriksen]

So it looks like wearing a stronger eyeglass prescription than you're supposed to?

[@bazrazin1]

i started with - 2 in my 7th standard, probably due to my minidoxil injections side effect for alopecia hair loss, during follow-up stated headaches doctor said maybe due eye power charges, i couldn't even read the calendar in the clinic, found out - 2 power was present, now i'm 44 & have add +1.25 also single distance vison was so sharp, progressive lens gave me shock in the division of distance, intermediate & reading focals,still have made a single distance vison for outdoor activities comfort.

[@notofthisworld5267]

I wear a -2.75 and a -3.75 for my astigmatism, and one eye is horizontal, the other oblique. Also a +1.75 bifocal. My astigmatism makes lights distorted and things just blurry, especially at night. Hard to describe the blur exactly.

[@TD-bu9wv]

Thanks for this video

[@seligjuggalo9378]

I don’t think you get the proper intended effect because the phone camera is always correcting lighting.. maybe have your phones focused locked in so it dosent keep automatically correcting the light?

[@raznologija745]

I had oblique mixed astigmatism, OD: +4.50D sph -5.50D cyl ax 145°, OS: +4.00D sph - 5.00D cyl ax 30°

[@eubanksmd]

That certainty is a high amount of astigmatism!

[@raznologija745]

@@eubanksmd yes, of course, I wore contact lenses, but several years ago I made surgery with Restor multifocal toric IOL in my right eye and after three years surgery on my left eye with Panoptix multifocal toric IOL

[@eubanksmd]

Toric lenses are certainly helpful for correcting astigmatism

[@raznologija745]

@@eubanksmd I still have astigmatism on my left eye (-1.50D cyl ax 165°) and my vision accuracy is 20/50 on my left eye, plus negative dysphotopsia

[@RaoHimanshu01]

I have .50 astigmatism deetected .. but headlight coming fromm car looks like long lines .. is it possible a person with small astigmatism havimg this issue.. or its something else?

[@pameladerouen]

Yes it is possible!

[@doctorjekyll6125]

Awesome video! The -1.00 did it for me. 👓

[@badrikokaia4603]

I have astigmatism OD: sph -1,00. cyl -2,50 ax:117° OS: sph -6,5. cyl -8,00. ax:88°. can you tell me what sph,cyl and ax means? and how bad mine vision is?

[@eubanksmd]

Hi Badri. You may find this article helpful to figure out what those numbers mean: eyemountain.com/what-is-astigmatism/

[@Dinadino994]

Too generous.. I’m a -6 I would not see that much detail .. to me products on shelves look like blotches of colour . Up close my eyesight is perfect , I can see tiny details

[@eubanksmd]

Having a lot of nearsightedness like that can make things more blurry in the distance than having a similar amount of astigmatism. One major difference between nearsightedness and astigmatism is what you noticed as well, if you hold things close enough, you'll be able to see them.

[@lindamiller1921]

What about irregular astigmatism? Will you make a video for that?

[@eubanksmd]

Hey Linda! check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5iVe5-MhsiHq7s where I talk about irregular astigmatism and its connection to a condition called Keratoconus.

[@lisa70315]

I have -5.75 with astigmatism and mine looks way worse than the -6 you showed.

[@glockford]

Moderate oblique astigmatism here... Hi!

[@Nic-kx5dn]

Guess I'm used to it,❤

[@pameladerouen]

Why does everyone have a minus and I have a + 0.75 I know that I’m farsided but my astigmatism is a +

[@eLiV8t]

Go outside and look at street lights at night

[@mccoy007officialchannel6]

That looks trypopobia

[@1docg]

These look like someone just needs glasses. Astigmatism has much more lateral distortion than shown here with smaller areas with soft focus in the field.

[@eubanksmd]

That's a good observation. When wearing glasses for astigmatism, we move our eyes around. As the eye moves laterally around, it shifts away from the optimal astigmatism correction in the center of the glasses and things can become more distorted. Unfortunately I wasn't able to replicate that here since the astigmatism lens was attached to the camera.

[@ryzlot]

Get a proper microphone - do some prep