What is Hyperopia and What Causes it?
Hyperopia is a common eye problem that most people know better as “far-sightedness.” Most people have experienced at least temporary far-sightedness after having their eyes dilated with the drops that the eye doctor gives them. However, some people experience chronic problems with hyperopia just like others experience long-term problems with myopia (nearsightedness). A person with hyperopia can usually see things that are far away clearly, but they have trouble making out details of things that are closer to them. However, because of the way that hyperopia works, many times someone with severe hyperopia will have problems with their close-up vision as well as their far-away vision. Hyperopia is so common that about 25% of people in the western world have it, compared to 40% of people in the western world who have myopia. There are three types of hyperopia: axial, curvature, and refractive. Axial hyperopia is the most common type of far-sightedness, and it happens when the back of the e
