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Contact lens for toric power
1. I have 5.50 sph in both eyes, and 0.75 cyl in one eye and no astigmatism in other eye.
2. I want to try contact lenes.
3. Can i use 5.50 sph ( eye glass power for contact lenses) for both eyes and ignore toric power for my eye.
Any other esteemed suggestion is welcome
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U have to use both spherical and cylindrical correction in the contact lens for RE and spherical only in LE(as it has no cylindrical power).
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Dr. Saba Kausar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Better to go for right eye toric contact lens
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Dr. Gaurav Garg
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
9 yrs exp
Delhi
As your right eye has a cylindrical power of 0.75, it is a bit difficult to adjust to that, you either end up having a suboptimal vision or eye strain.
please go for toric contact lens if you can
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
You can use -5.50 spherical contact lenses.it is better to go for toric in Ry eye.pl consult ophthalmologist for further evaluation and treatment.
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Dr. Awanjala Varshney
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
23 yrs exp
Aligarh
You can use -5.50 sph in both eyes. But you will have suboptimal vision in right eye. Also you will have eye strain.
So, I would advise you to use toric contact lens in right eye.
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