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What Do Reading Glasses Containing Prisms Indicate?
My husband is having vision issues. Needs to remove glasses to read. Eyes take time to focus from near to far. Had eye exam today. Eye dr. recommended glasses just for reading containing prisms. Have never heard of this. What does this indicate??
Tue, 1 Apr 2014
Glases fo near vision with prism means you are havig exophoria. Prism will corect phoria.Beforeprescribing the doctor must have done cover test.
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