my eye doctor sent me this....
ob: -475 spl
os: -425 -050+043
does anyone know what the heck that means???
2007-02-02 02:18:42 · 6 answers · asked by vgplamondon 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Your doctor cares for you & has sent your spectacle prescription. It should read as:
OD -4.75 Sph
OS-4.25/-0.50x043
Where: OD= occulus dextre (right eye)
OS= occulus sinster (left eye)
Sph= Spherical power
(-0.50x043)= your astigmatic power at an axis of 43 degrees
Only technical jargon. Do not think too much about it and save it for making your spects in emergencies.
2007-02-03 05:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by r_wadhwa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ob, should be OD, which is your right eye
The first number is your sphere number, the second number your cylinder number (for astigmatism) and the third should say x not + with the 043 being the axis of your cylinder. The right eye has no astigmatism
2007-02-02 10:22:42 · answer #2 · answered by eyegirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be od not ob. Od is the right eye, os is the left. The numbers are the prescription, but I can't tell you what they mean, (cuz I have no clue!). :)
2007-02-02 02:25:30 · answer #3 · answered by dragonkisses 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is your glasses prescription. He probably forgot to give it to you at your last visit and sent it to you now.
2007-02-02 02:29:55 · answer #4 · answered by idoc4u2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That just refers to how well you can see in each eye... why would he send you that?
2007-02-02 02:23:21 · answer #5 · answered by SassyGirl 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyeglass_prescription
2007-02-02 02:22:56 · answer #6 · answered by ohiogrown06 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋