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What's main characteristic or farsightedness?

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Plus prescription: While young, can see well at distance (if small amount), can be harder to see at near if accommodation is lost or used up in the farsighted prescription, eventually when presbyopic, then presents as latent hyperope with difficulty seeing far (without correction) as well.

Answered 6/14/2012

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