HYPEROPIA
(hy-per-O-pee-a) or FARSIGHTEDNESS
The medical
term for this visual condition is hyperopia. For optimum visual performance, our eyes must focus on faraway objects
without exerting "EXTRA" FOCUSING EFFORT (distance vision should be
clear and effortless). Farsightedness
is present when your eyes must exert unnecessary focusing effort to attempt to
clear distance vision and thus a greater than normal focusing effort to maintain
clear and comfortable close-range vision. This constant extra focusing effort causes symptoms of
fatigue, headaches, tension and numerous other complaints of ocular discomfort.
The
visual consequences of this condition are generally different for children than
adults. Most farsighted children
see clearly at distance, thus the term "FAR"-sighted; however, they
achieve clarity by exerting a CONSTANT FOCUSING EFFORT at distance and
close-range. Farsighted adults, however, gradually see less clearly at distance
because all adults naturally decrease focusing ability due to a secondary visual
condition called presbyopia. Farsighted
eyes require eyeglasses and/or contact lenses to maintain clear and comfortable
vision at all ranges. In extreme
cases, refractive surgery may be considered.
Farsightedness decreases during our growth years, remains fairly stable during our twenties and thirties and as a normal healthy progression, typically increases in our forties and beyond. For more information on hyperopia follow this link Hyperopia
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