{"id":8868,"date":"2015-05-12T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/?p=8868"},"modified":"2015-05-12T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T09:00:48","slug":"reading-and-understanding-your-glasses-prescription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/reading-and-understanding-your-glasses-prescription\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading and Understanding Your Glasses Prescription"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the same way every snowflake is unique, so are our eyes. No one person\u2019s eyes are the same, even twins, unless they\u2019re connected at the eye; in that case, the apocalypse is upon us, good luck.<\/p>\n

For the rest of us, our eyes vary in shape, size and color. It\u2019s that same uniqueness that posses a problem when our eyes age and our vision gets worse. That\u2019s why there\u2019s no one size fits all solution to vision care.<\/p>\n

\"Reading-your-eye-prescription\"<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re experiencing worsening vision, and let\u2019s be honest who isn’t, then you\u2019re most likely going to need to wear at least one pair of glasses<\/a> in your life. There\u2019s always laser eye surgery, but we can save that conversation for another time and the reality is most of us can’t afford it anyway. An eye doctor can help identify what kind of vision problems your experiencing, after all they didn’t go through years of training so they couldn’t get their hands on that piece of paper that magically gives them eye fixing power. That\u2019s how it works right?<\/p>\n

After your test, the doctor, or optometrist (as they’re officially known), will fill out your \u201cscore,\u201d as I like to call it. On the sheet of paper your doctor hands you, you\u2019ll see a chart with some confusing numbers and abbreviations. Don\u2019t worry if you can\u2019t make out what it reads, we\u2019ll walk you through it.
\n\"Reading-your-eye-prescription\"<\/p>\n

Probably the first thing you\u2019re going to notice is \u201cOD,OS & OU<\/strong>.\u201d – lost already?\u00a0Relax, those are just Latin abbreviations referring to your eyes. \u201cOD\u201d means your right eye, \u201cOS\u201d means your left and \u201cOU\u201d means both. There\u2019s this obsession doctors have with making things sound difficult, maybe because they like to think they\u2019re better than us, maybe not.<\/p>\n

Anyway, now we get down to the real details. Beside them are \u201cDISTANCE<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cADD<\/strong>.\u201d \u201cDISTANCE<\/strong>\u201d as you\u2019d think, denotes vision distance. The numbers here can be plus or minus depending if you\u2019re nearsighted or farsighted. If the number\u2019s minus, you\u2019re nearsighted. If it\u2019s plus, you\u2019re farsighted. \u201cADD<\/strong>\u201d simply means magnifying power that\u2019s added to the bottom of the lens and will always a positive number. These numbers will appear under the \u201cSPH<\/strong>\u201d section, meaning sphere. Numbers here will affect the shape of the lens.<\/p>\n

The most common mistake we see on an almost daily basis is the wrong selection of “+” and “-” values when entering prescriptions online. We cannot stress enough that extra care must be taken when selecting these values!<\/p>\n

Next, you\u2019ll see \u201cCYL, AXIS, PRISM & BASE<\/strong>.\u201d. If this was a game, these guys would be considered bonus round. \u201cCYL<\/strong>\u201d stands for cylinder and is only used if there\u2019s an astigmatic problem in your eyes. The rest get pretty scientific, but have to do with alignment, angling and power.<\/p>\n

Now you understand the power of optometry, somewhat, use this knowledge and impress your doctor. Hey, he might even speak to you in Latin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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