HOW TO READ YOUR PRESCRIPTION

Because Sight​
Understanding your eye health and how glasses work can help you make more informed decisions about your vision care – when you’re shopping and at home.​
In this video series Dr. Jahangirian covers all the basics, from how to read your prescription to tips for screen-heavy lifestyles.

[AlexandraDeVico]

Great. Informative and straightforward.

[lfilipel]

Awesome!! Really easy to understand. Also, the music is good, don't get bothered by the others who complained about it! Keep doing the awesome work!

[lettuce]

Not trying to be an eyeglasses worker but with these prescriptions, how do they use the info?

So if the sphere says -1.50 what will they do to the glasses to fit that requirement

Etc for the rest (cyl, axis, etc)

Axis is the way the glasses tilt right?

Does cylinder mean the thickness? Or is that the sphere

[marcusdamberger]

Get rid of the stupid music, I'm here to learn about eyes not listen to music, it's way too loud as well..

[plowe]

Are the following 2 prescriptions essentially the same? A far-sighted 10-year-old with 2 diopters in both eyes. A 50-year-old with single-vision reading glasses with 2 diopters in both eyes.

[tajanunyaa]

I have astigmatism and I want to order contacts online it’s only asking for strength so would I just put the number that is on my glasses prescription on CYL would that be correct prescription for my contacts pls reply

[AngelMartinez-hfdj]

Question on my prescription under sphere right eye says “-.25”
But under the left ey it says “PLO” or maybe “P10”. I’ve looked online and have no idea what it means

[andinosa]

Such a beautiful optometrist, you wanna get your eyes measured every week 😂

[lettuce]

What would the prescription of a 20/20 vision look like?

[tcwaterdrill]

Got nothing from this being a little hard of hearing, so the music to me drowned out the lady doing the speaking. After trying for three times I moving on to the next you tuber on this subject. Just info I am sure some people had no problem hearing the speaker.

[KamalTiwari]

I have a question on my prescription the right eye has the sph, cyl and axis fields completed but the left eye only has the sph field completed could my optician have completed the form incorrectly?

[chrismaguire]

Can Distance Vision portion of prescription has +2.0 for Sphere ?I thought it would always be negative number, is that right ?
Question -IF THE SPHERE IS +1.5 AND THE ADD COLUMN IS +2.0. DOES MY SPHERE THEN BECOME +3.5=+1.5+2.0 like combination of two values .
i want to buy just over the counter Reading Glass but not sure how to read eye prescription .Could you help. so like in the above example, am i suppose to get reading glass of +3.5 or just +2.0 ? Thanks

[impertinence]

Please get rid of your background sound(noise) which is very distracting.

[kimjay]

I notice you don’t even mention the PD which is important but you never give to the patient!

[BeckVMH]

Constructive input intended, but the music is excessively loud and on the same sound level as Dr. Jahangirian's narrative. I was unable to overcome the distraction to view the presentation. At a subtle level, I'm sure her otherwise professional material would have been helpful. Edit: "Eyes Explained" channel has an excellent example of how to incorporate music in their video on the same topic.

[parnianpayvand]

The loud background music makes the speech inaudible.

[carguysp]

Music overriding spoken word cannot watch.

[stevenrobinson]

The back-ground music was not helpful to your presentation.

[abesheraden]

it was good but you are fast and i cannot catch up with you.