Farsightedness,
or hyperopia, as it is medically termed, is a vision condition
in which distant objects are usually seen clearly, but close
ones do not come into proper focus. In mild cases of farsightedness,
your eyes may have been able to compensate without corrective
lenses.
A
person with hyperopia is able to see objects at a distance, but
has trouble with objects up close, like books or newspapers. Many
people are not diagnosed with hyperopia without a complete eye
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Farsightedness
occurs if your eyeball is too short or the cornea has too little curvature,
so light entering your eye is not focused correctly. The cornea and
the lens work together to focus images from the visual world on the
back of the eye (the retina). If an image is out of focus, it is typically
because the overall shape of the eye is incorrect or the cornea does
not have the proper curvature.
Farsightedness
or hyperopia occurs when the eye is too small or the cornea is too
flat. When this happens, visual images are focused behind the retina.
Symptoms
of hyperopia include:
•
blurred vision of close objects
• eye strain
• aching eyes
• headache
