6 eye health tips to reduce power and cylinder
Eye power and cylinder are terms that are often heard by eye doctors during eye exams. How much power Cylinders are only known for making glasses.
Some of them didn’t even look at the inspection and just showed the paper to the glasses store and handed it over.
Eye power is the result of measuring nearsightedness and farsightedness, and is expressed as a sphere when testing the eyes.
Eyepower is measured in diopters (D) unit. If the sphere has a (+) sign or no sign, it indicates farsighted power and (-) indicates nearsighted power.
Farsightedness, also known as hyperopia, means that you can see distant objects differently, but you cannot see near objects. Nearsightedness can affect focus.
Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is a condition in which you can clearly see near objects but cannot see things far away.
Cylinder (CYL) is the cylinder power of the eye. It is also called Astigmatism. It is also measured in diopters, which is the same as measuring nearsightedness and farsightedness.