Hyperopia (Far Sighted)

In the hyperopic, or farsighted eye, light from a distant object comes to a focus behind the retina. As a general rule, the hyperopic patient will complain of difficulty with near vision. Distance vision may or may not be blurred, depending on the degree of hyperopia and the age of the patient.

Cause

Hyperopia occurs when the corneal shape is too flat, or when the eye is too short. This causes light to come to a focus behind the retina.

Near Point Consideration

At a young age, the hyperopic patient has difficulty focusing on near objects, while distance objects remain clear. Provided, the degree of hyperopia is not high. As the degree of hyperopia increases, near objects become increasingly blurred. Once the hyperopic patient ages, and loses their accommodative ability, they are unable to focus on near objects, and begin to have difficulty focusing on distant objects.

Spectacle

Your doctor can prescribe spectacle corrective lenses to move the focus of light onto the retina.

Contact Lenses

Contact lenses are another corrective option to move the focus of light onto the retina. This corrective choice is both cosmetically pleasing and optically beneficial.

Lasik

The newest option for the correction of hyperopia is laser vision correction. This new procedure steepens the corneal curvature. Resulting in the refocusing of light back onto the retina.