{"id":568182,"date":"2020-09-02T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheapascontacts.com\/?page_id=568182"},"modified":"2020-09-09T03:22:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T07:22:33","slug":"astigmatism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cheapascontacts.com\/through-someone-elses-eyes\/astigmatism\/","title":{"rendered":"Astigmatism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like an odd-shaped, slightly-deflated basketball that just won\u2019t bounce right, astigmatism is the product of an eye that is not perfectly round and causes light to bounce around abnormally inside the eye. The result of this light refracting in more than one direction is a lack of visual focus.<\/p>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/astigma.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n\n<h4>How Astigmatism Impacts Vision<\/h4>\n\n<p>Astigmatism causes blurred vision and a lack of focus that can sometimes cause painful headaches, fatigue, and eyestrain. It is largely untreatable without the use of corrective lenses or refractive surgery \u2013 the latter of which is becoming more prevalent with the use of lasers.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Astigmatism Causes<\/h4>\n\n<p>Chalk this one up to genetics: there continues to be a cloud of mystery surrounding why astigmatism occurs at all, but it is a naturally-occurring phenomenon that should not be a cause for alarm or panic. 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