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How To Get Rid Of Cylindrical Powers In Eyes?

Hello. My daughter is 6 yrs old and Doc. Has said she has 1.25 cylindrical positive power in both eyes. How to get rid of cylindrical powers?? My daughter eats regularly green salads and lots of vegetables right from childhood then how she has got numbers as I have heard green veggies keep ur eyes healthy. Neither we parents or grand parents have powers. Plz advise Hbkjnn
Wed, 19 Mar 2014
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Sounds like she has astigmatism and would benifit from glasses. While a healthy diet is good of course, it does not prevent or help astigmatism. This generally is not a big issue and corrects well
with glasses.
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How To Get Rid Of Cylindrical Powers In Eyes?

Sounds like she has astigmatism and would benifit from glasses. While a healthy diet is good of course, it does not prevent or help astigmatism. This generally is not a big issue and corrects well with glasses.