Child glasses prescription help

[EasterEgger]

Dh said my son had trouble seeing things further away when tested (shortsighted) but the form says plus which I thought meant farsighted?
Can anyone help me understand this prescription?
Thanks.

Yeah + means farsightedness, so he needs reading glasses? Did the optician not explain?

Not really no my dh said he was hard to understand but clearly couldn't see things further away. Also rugby ba eye shape.
Looks like maybe a mistake then?

My partner needs glasses for distances and has a negative number
I need glasses for close up and intermediate distance e.g. Computer work and have a positive number. When my eyes are stressed from not wearing glasses in these situations it can make distances blurry too

You are probably best calling the opticians and getting the prescription explained and checked

Yeah it was done in a hospital and I can't get in touch with anyone to explain it.
Going to pop to specsavers tomorrow to ask what it all means but I think in future we might pay and take him elsewhere to get it checked.

Also I wish I was there as I would have asked to explain it more, blimming dh.

Are they getting glasses following the eye test? You could ask on collection about the prescription and when to use the glasses?
If not could you speak to the person who referred you to the eye test for a letter from the opticians explaining the prescription. You might find there's a letter already on its way. We get one every time my daughter goes to the hospital only sometimes it takes a while for it to come through. Usually it's a ccd copy of the letter sent to the GPs

I work in an opticians and plus prescription means he is long sighted so can see objects further away easier than objects closer to him. The cyl part of the prescription refers to the shape of his eye. In an ideal world the eye would be perfectly round (football shaped) but the majority of people have eyes that are more rugby ball shaped and the cyl part of the prescription will correct the shape. Usually cyl is written as a minus number but hospitals tend to do something called transposing to put it as a plus number but even if this was the case it would make the sphere still a plus number (it gets a bit complicated so I won't bore you with it) which would still mean he's long sighted.

Apart from what @Nix99 said due to the shape of his eyes he won't be able to see objects sharply particularly at night when lights are shining.

My DD, who has a similar prescription, doesn't see objects sharply without her glasses on. She describes things in the distance that if I wasn't short-sighted myself I would presume she was.

Also the local hospital saw my DD from 2.5 years until she was nearly 5 years at 4 then 6 month intervals. The accompanying letters turn up anything from a month later.

Her glasses were then prepared by SpecSavers. She has anti-reflective coating on them, amongst others, as with the pairs she didn't she complained about not seeing properly at dusk and night.

My DD is similar. We were told she needed glasses for distance but was prescribed glasses for reading. They said it was because her eyes are still developing and the prescription is to fix her vision rather than help her see, if that makes sense.

Ah right that makes sense, yeah they did say something about hoping it will correct his vision and to come back in 2 months for another check up apparently.
I'm short sighted so naturally assumed he would be the same but he is only 4.

My friend's DD has a similar prescription and has been told that wearing glasses should correct her vision in time and then she won't need them anymore.

My DD has a +7 prescription so she's got her specs for life 😄

Btw, i personally don't find Specsavers that great for young children. See if you have an independent opticians local to you, you'll likely get a better tailored service.

Young children with prescriptions are, more often than not, long sighted. This prescription can still correct their distance vision.