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astigmatism or?

astigmatism or?

First of all sorry for my bad English as English is not my native language.

I am a 23 year old hypochondriac male, I working as a computer programmer so I have to look at monitor everyday, this February after a stressful and anxious period, my eyesight was getting worse and developed a lot of floaters in both eyes.

I went to an optometrist and she checked both of my eyes, and she said I need a pair of glasses (I didn
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yes, those are caused by your nearsightedness and astigmatism.  no there is nothing more serious that you need to be concerned about.
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last time a new optician told me that i was suffering from astigmatism. i am nearsighted(myopic) since more than 12 years and only recently i heard about astigmatism for the first time. would like to know more about astigmatism. thanks
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astigmatism is no big deal.  you've probably always had it.  astigmatism means some portion of your visual system (usually your cornea) is not exactly spherical, and has a little bit of "cylindrical" shape to it.  astigmatism is totally benign and no big deal.  VERY COMMON
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