How To Read Eye Prescription

If you can’t figure it out yourself with glasses. prescription , you’re not alone.

There are many common here. prescription types that will definitely help you navigate.

It has a dark zeny glass next to the recipe cushion and pen.

Standard grid format

This is the most well-known size with clearly printed margins such as OD, OS, SPH, CYL, etc. This meaning is usually entered using a computer, but may be handwritten by a medical professional.

BOL (SPH) and cylinder (CYL) have a (+) or (-) signal, respectively.

On any prescription PD can be described in different ways, e.g. 62 (single PD), 33/31 (double PD), or 62/60 (distance PD/size PD).

Example of standard grid format prescription .

Blank

Information about this gift form. prescription Usually handwritten.

Example of blank format prescription .

Progressive / Bifocal

For multifocal glasses and for reading and computer glasses, RX connects ADD or NV sense. This quantity always includes the (+) signal.

For the type of glasses RX, a prescription For example, DV [bonding/myopia] and NV [near vision/reading].

Example of progressive or bifocal prescription with NV values.

PRISM

The less common PRISM-RX refers to a number of prismatic forces that are important to compensate for eye alignment problems (e.g., double vision or lazy zy eyes) Prisma Rx has two meanings: Prism & amp; base.

bo = base out, bi = base in, bu = base up and bd (or bdn) = base down.

Example of prescription with prism, including values for prism and base.

Vertical Recipe

In contrast to the normal RX format, where values proceed from left to right, vertical RX recipes are listed from top to bottom. This size is not very common in the US.

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