Astigmatism
Chicago, Illinois
Astigmatism
When an individual has astigmatism the cornea has two curvatures causing the cornea to be shaped more like a football. This causes blurred vision for both near and distant objects.
Astigmatism can exist alone or in combination with either myopia or hyperopia. Dr. Golden is experienced at treating individuals with even very large amounts of astigmatism. He performed LASIK on his wife more than eight years ago and she had 4.5 diopters (very high but half of the highest patient that Dr. Golden has treated) of astigmatism in each of her eyes. To this day she still has better than 20/20 vision. Dr. Golden particularly enjoys helping those with high astigmatism as they have such a profound change in their lives as those with high astigmatism have blurry vision both at near and far and nothing has ever been clear to them before.
To find out what can be done for you and your eyes, schedule an appointment for your complimentary screening evaluation.
