Correction of Hypermetropia
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Spectacles with Plus
power lenses. |
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Contact lenses |
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Excimer laser - not FDA approved. |
Correction of Astigmatism -
| Spectacles - Toric
lenses are required in spectacles. |
| Contact lenses - They are not
useful in high Astigmatism. Conditions like Keratoconus, in which cornea becomes
conical, due to inherent weakness, special contact lenses called piggy-back
lenses are required. |
| Surgical ways of corrections like Arcuate
cuts in cornea etc. are also available. |
| Astigmatic Laser Keratotomy - Excimer Laser is used for correction of astigmatism. |
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