who gets hyperopia?

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Answer 1

Any one: Anyone is prone to hyperopia, both the young and the old. There is no prediction who gets it.

Answer 2

Hyperopia: Hyperopia, or farsightedness, occurs when someone can see well far away, but has trouble focusing closeup. It is not an acquired condition-- most kids are slightly hyperopic at birth, and become more myopic (near-sighted) as they get older.

Answer 3

Unclear close vision: Farsightedness refers to blurring of near vision, with distant vision relatively preserved. It is a common type of age-related vision change, sometimes known as "presbyopia".

Answer 4

Farsighted: A person who is farsighted can see well far away but needs glasses or contacts to see well close-up.

Answer 5

Hyperopia: If the eye from front to back is too short, so that the lens and cornea cannot focus the light inside the eye (too weak), the correction for this is to supply a magnifying lens in the eyeglasses. The lens of a farsighted person behaves like a magnifying glass. Most hyperopia is in young people and they grow out of much of it. It also reappears in people past 40 as the natural lens loses focus.

Answer 6

Hyperopia: Hyperopia is a refractive error that in many patients requires correction with glasses or contact lenses to provide comfortable vision, and symptoms increase as one gets older and you cannot adjust to the refractive error making correction mandatory fore more comfortable vision.

Answer 7

Hyperopia: Hyperopia is farsightedness where vision is blurred at near and distance, requiring a plus lens correction. This, as with myopia, is determined by shape and refractive power of cornea, length of eye and refractive power of lens. Seen more with shorter eyes.

Answer 8

Eye: Is too small so light focused behind the retina.

Answer 9

Surgery vs. correcti: The most simple way to treat hyperopia is wearing glasses or lenses. There is also lasik surgery that has recently emerged as a treatment option. You may consult with your ophthalmologist regarding your options.

Answer 10

Glasses: Like any other refractive error. Some advocate ortho-k--special contacts one wears at night.

Answer 11

Farsighted: Almost all infants are farsighted, and most grow out of it. In the middle years, myopia is much more common. Farsightedness becomes more common after age forty due to lens changes in the eye. The frequency varies with race and national origin.

Answer 12

Farsighted frequency: Almost all infants are farsighted, and most grow out of it. In the middle years, myopia is much more common. Farsightedness becomes more common after age forty due to lens changes in the eye. The frequency varies with race and national origin.

Answer 13

Fairly common: I imagine at 43 you may need bifocals by now.

Answer 14

Common: Hyperopia is common and found in 25% of adults.

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