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Hyperopia (farsightedness)
In the normal
eye, light enters through the cornea (the clear front surface of
the eye) and comes to a focus on the retina in the back of the
eye. Hyperopia, or farsightedness, is a refractive error that
occurs when the eye is shorter than average or the cornea is
flatter than average. This causes the light to come into focus
somewhere beyond the retina, causing near objects (and oftentimes
distant objects as well) to appear blurred.
Hyperopia is not the same as
presbyopia (the need for reading
glasses after the age of 40). Farsightedness can occur in
children, but is more commonly developed later in life.
Hyperopia is usually corrected with glasses or contact lenses, but
it can also be corrected surgically with LASIK.
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