People with severe hyperopia can only focus on objects far away, or they cannot focus at all. People with farsightedness can see objects farther away better than closer objects. It occurs when the ...

Hyperopia or farsightedness, is an ophthalmological condition, which presents as blurry near vision, but clear far vision. Most babies born at term, are hyperopic and this tends to self-correct ...

Consecutive case database of patients with hyperopia >+7.00 D sphere was analysed retrospectively for clinical and biometric characterisation. Thirty-eight consecutive high-hyperopic subjects ...

Farsightedness, also known as “hyperopia,” is one of the most common eye problems among children and adults around the world. Specifically, farsightedness makes close-up objects look blurry.

Hyperopia is usually corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses. Laser or surgical correction may also be carried out. The treatment for hyperopia depends on several factors such as the patient's ...

Hyperopia:Long-sightedness. Objects in the distance are relatively clearer than objects close up which are relatively more blurred (opposite of short sight). Contact lenses:Lenses which fit ...

Lucas Bonafede, MD, department of ophthalmology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues discovered a trend indicating that hyperopia increases or stabilizes in children as ...

Two common defects of the eyes are myopia (short-sightedness) and hyperopia (long-sightedness). In both cases, rays of light do not focus on the retina so a clear image is not formed. These two ...

Going from hyperopia (the current outcome) to mild myopia (–0.25 D), we will improve the patient’s distance vision, and near vision should also improve to a degree. Because this patient was ...

I was in the operating room the other day and one of my residents asked, "What is better tolerated after cataract surgery: residual hyperopia or residual myopia?" I quickly answered: "residual myopia!

Hyperopia is a common refractive error in childhood and is associated with amblyopia and strabismus. However, it is difficult to detect in vision screening programmes ...