Yes, astigmatism can oftentimes be corrected with glasses or special contact lenses.However, while nearsightedness or farsightedness can be corrected with simple spherical lenses, astigmatism requires a cylinder, which adds more curvature and focusing power in one axis than the other so that the patient’s images aren’t distorted.
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