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How To Interpret Rx
How to interpret an eyewear prescription:
Sphere Cylinder Axis
OD: -400 -125 x180
OS: -500 -200 x180
OD means right eye
OS means left eye
“+” Sphere means farsightedness
“-” Sphere means nearsightedness
Cylinder means amount of astigmatism
Axis means the direction of astigmatism, in this case both eyes have horizontal directions
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