What is the treatment for astigmatism?

Astigmatism refers to astigmatism, astigmatism patients can take general treatment, glasses correction and surgical treatment methods for treatment.

1, general treatment

If the degree of astigmatism is relatively low, for mild astigmatism, generally do not need to take special treatment measures, daily attention to adjust the wrong eye habits can be.

2, glasses correction

If the patient's astigmatism degree is relatively high, for moderate to severe astigmatism, it is recommended that you can correct it by wearing glasses, currently commonly used glasses in clinical practice include frame glasses and corneal contact lenses, among which the advantages of frame glasses are more convenient, economical, safe, but not very beautiful; The advantages of corneal contact lenses are relatively beautiful, but there are many contraindications, such as poor personal hygiene, active inflammation of the eyes, poor compliance, etc.

3. Surgical treatment

If the patient does not want to correct by wearing glasses, under the premise of meeting his own conditions, he can also choose to treat through surgery. The commonly used surgical methods include corneal refractive surgery, intraocular refractive surgery, intraocular lens implantation and refractive lens replacement.