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Refraction Errors & Correction

Slight alterations in vision should never be neglected. It’s very important to get yourself checked by trained optometrists and specialist and get your eyes evaluated. Uncorrected refractive errors can lead to impaired development of vision in children leading to amblyopia or lazy vision and squinting of eyes

Refractive errors in the eye are of 3 types

Myopia or short sightedness Refers to a state of the eye, herein the rays of light coming from a distant target, get ocused at a point in front of the retina. In this situation, minus powered glasses or contact lenses are necessary to focus this image onto the retina

Hyperopia or long sightedness Refers to a state of the eye, wherein the rays of light coming from a distant target, get focused at a point behind the retina. In this situation, plus powered glasses or contact lenses are necessary to focus this image onto the retina

Astigmatism or cylindrical power Refers to a state of the eye, wherein the rays of light coming from a distant target, cannot focus at a single point on the retina. In this situation special lenses of different curvature are required to focus the light onto the retina

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