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WHAT DO ALL THOSE ABBREVIATIONS AND NUMBERS MEAN ON YOUR EYE PRESCRIPTION?

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Regular eye exams are an important part of keeping your eyes healthy and your vision sharp.

At your eye exam, an eye doctor, optometrist, or ophthalmologist, will check for any signs of eye disease. If your vision needs to be corrected, you’ll be given a prescription for eyeglasses or contact lenses.

Eye prescriptions can be hard to decipher, though. They usually contain an assortment of numbers and letters that can be confusing if you don’t know what they mean.

This article will help make sense of the abbreviations and numbers that may be included in your eye prescription. It will also explain how prescriptions can vary depending on your vision issue.

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