Cataract surgery: For people with cataracts and astigmatism, cataract surgery can correct both conditions with one procedure. Cataracts are a condition that causes the eye's natural lens to become ...

Astigmatism prevalence in children increased post-pandemic, with refractive astigmatism rising from 23.4% pre-pandemic to 34.7% in 2022-2023. Corneal astigmatism prevalence rose from 59.7% pre ...

MONDAY, March 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence and severity of refractive astigmatism and corneal astigmatism increased among schoolchildren after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a ...

Source Reference: Kam KW, et al "Prevalence and severity of astigmatism in children after COVID-19" JAMA Ophthalmol 2025; DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2025.0205.

RA severity also increased: average values rose from 0.7 D pre-pandemic to 0.81 D in 2021 and 0.87 D in 2022–23. CA followed a similar pattern, rising from 1.24 D to 1.34 D after 2020.

About The Study: In this study, lifestyle changes after the pandemic were associated with an increase in the prevalence and severity of child astigmatisms, likely associated with changes in ...

Astigmatism often makes your eyesight fuzzy both at a distance and up close. You can look at letters on a chart to see how sharp your vision is. Online tests often use the “Tumbling E” method.

After receiving some scary results from an MRI last week, Trent Johnston continues to undergo medical tests and meets with an eye doctor in the new episode of TLC’s 7 Little Johnstons. In a clip ...

The consultation, Trent says, is “the very first time I've had a doctor tell me about my astigmatism, and how bad it is, and that it may not be causing my vertigo or some of my eye movement ...