Iowa City Optical Mercy Me (Iowa City, IA 52245-2460)

• How can one know if he has astigmatism?

  Put your glasses in front of your eyes horizontally, then turn the glasses to 90 degrees. Look the object through the glasses. If the object squeezes or expands, then you may have astigmatism.

• What can I do to reduce eye twitching?

  Eye twitches are often caused by stress. So in order to stop twitching, you'd better have enough time to rest and your eye twitching will be reduced after a couple of days and then it will gone at last.

• Do I need to see an doctor before buying sunglasses?

  If you have a valid and correct prescription at hand, it is unnecessary for you to see an eye doctor before buying sunglasses, you just need to offer the prescription to the local optical stores, then they can preocess the prescription sunglasses for you. You can still place your order online, there are many online stores that offer prescription sunglasses with wide selection of fashionable frames.

• Which place is cheaper to purchase prescription glasses?

  As I know that Walmart is a cheap place to purchase prescription glasses. All the frames ranges from $18-$140, all the lenses ranges from $30-$120. You can choose the frame you like and then choose the lenses according to your requirment. But why noy ordering online, I know that there are some other online optical stores offer cheaper glasses even than Walmart. Check out at www.firmoo.com.

• Why is my vision blurry ?

  First please make sure the eye exam you have done is in recent days, if it shows the result is fine, I think your blurry vision may be a symptoms of dry eyes, Migraines or Cataracts . So it is urgent for you to have a careful eye examination to make a definite diagnosis of the cause of your blurry vision.

• How do the doctors measure my refractive errors?

  Ophthalmologists usually use a machine used to provide an objective estimate of refractive error. The patient would be asked to sit down with their chin on a "chin rest" then focus on the image inside the machine. The doctor will get an estimate of the objective refractive error.

• Is it normal to feel blurry when wearing contacts?

  No, it is abnormal. Make sure you didn't wear your contact lenses of the opposite side, maintain and clean them in proper way. If you can ensure all of these, then please take your lenses back to the place you bought them to check if they are prescribed accroding to your prescription or there isn't any scratches on them.

• Do I need corrective glasses if I squint a lot?

  No, you don't need glasses for your squit eyes, but there are some other treatment for squint: 1.Preserve or restore vision 2. Straighten the eyes 3. Restore binocular vision. First of all, the eyes are checked to see if they have any refractive error that may be responsible for squint. If there is any significant refractive error present, it is treated first. In some cases (accommodative squint) a correction of refractive error is all that may be required to treat squint. Next the eyes are checked for presence of amblyopia. It is important to treat the amblyopia before the surgery for squint. The parents are explained about the importance of this treatment, as their cooperation is very crucial for the success of this treatment. The squint is treated by surgery of either one or both the eyes. The surgery involves weakening or strengthening of the relevant muscles to restore the balance and to get a good coordination. In some cases with double vision, prisms may be added in the glasses to ease the symptoms. Source:http://www.visitech.org/squint.html

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