What is farsightedness?

Farsightedness is a refractive error that can be treated with LASIK. The technical term for farsightedness is hyperopia. Hyperopia requires an individual to use their focusing ability to see objects far away and more focusing ability than customary for near objects. Severe hyperopia can cause blurred images for both near and far objects.  more

Farsightedness (or hyperopia) is the opposite of nearsightedness. It is a refractive error caused by an eye that is shorter than normal from front to back. Light is focused at a point behind the retina, causing near objects to appear blurred while distance vision remains clear. Laser vision correction at our surgery center near Pittsburgh is an effective means of improving farsightedness.

Farsightedness is a common eye problem. Typically, it is caused by the ball of the eye being too short, so that the lens focuses an image behind the retina, rather than at the retina. Often, children who suffer from farsightedness outgrow it as they grow and their eyes expand in size. The official medical term is hyperopia. People with farsightedness can focus on objects that are far away, but can't bring objects closer to them into focus. Its opposite is nearsightedness, or myopia. If you suffer from farsightedness, you will probably wear contacts or glasses to correct your vision. Reading, watching television, and working on a computer are all difficult, uncomfortable, or impossible with farsightedness without corrective lenses. The eye has to react to the input it takes in, so the muscles controlling the eye squeeze or relax the lens, which changes its shape to focus the light rays. Over time, the lens may become less flexible, or the muscles less effective. As a result, some ...  more

Farsightedness, or hyperopia, occurs when the eye is too short in relation to the curvature of your cornea. Light rays entering the eye focus behind the retina, producing a blurred image.