What are the symptoms of astigmatism?

I have a friend who was diagnosed of having astigmatism. He is having occasional headache attacks. His vision seem blurred when an attack is about to come. The headache is terrible, according to him, it feels like his blood is rushing up to his head. Are these symptoms of astigmatism? Or was he misdiagnosed?

Astigmatism is just a defect in your cornea that causes blurry vision. Instead of being perfectly domed, the cornea has a bump or dent in it. I have a slight astigmatism in one of my eyes and I can never see quite clearly out of it. It could be the vision problem that is causing his headaches. Wearing glasses will probably help him.

In severe astigmatism, vision is blurred or distorted whether the person is reading close up or looking further into the distance. In milder cases the person may complain that vision is blurred at certain distances, that they've tired or dry eyes, that it's a struggle to focus or read, or that they've headaches, especially when trying to focus.

If his doctor did an eye exam based on the symptoms you've stated and found astigmatism is the cause, then that's probably what he has. However, if he feels something else may be going on, he should get a 2nd opinion, though it's not hard for an eye doctor to tell whether or not a person has it.

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