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Which among the following types of lenses are prescribed by doctors for a patient suffering from astigmatism?

Which among the following types of lenses are prescribed by doctors for a patient suffering from astigmatism?

A. Cylindrical Lens  
B. Concave Lens
C. Spherical Lens
D. Convex Lens

Astigmatism is a common vision problem caused by an error in the shape of the cornea. With astigmatism, the lens of the eye or the cornea, which is the front surface of the eye, has an irregular curve. This can change the way light passes, or refracts, to your retina. This causes blurry, fuzzy, or distorted vision.
A cylindrical lens is a lens which focuses light into a line instead of a point, as a spherical lens would. The curved face or faces of a cylindrical lens are sections of a cylinder, and focus the image passing through it into a line parallel to the intersection of the surface of the lens and a plane tangent to it.