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Are you having trouble seeing up close? you may have hyperopia. But it may also be presbyopia. Truth be told, they are both similar, but have different causes. Since they are different conditions, the treatment options will vary as well.

Hyperopia occurs when the light that enters the eye can not focus on the retina, because the eye is to short, the light actually would focus behind the eye. This occurs when the distance between the front and back of the eye is too shot. People can be affected by hyperopia at any age. Young children will often out grow hyperopia as they become older. But if they do not, corrective lenses such as contacts of eyeglasses can be used to treat hyperopia. Laser surgery, such as LASIK, is also an option.

Presbyopia will also cause people to have trouble focusing up close, but it is age an age related phenomena. It is caused by the lens inside the eye losing flexibility. The result is the same as hyperopia: poor near vision. In general, corrective lenses are used to fix this. The most commmon treatment are reading glasses, worn only when viewing objects up close. A popular option with contact lenses is called monovision, where one eye is corrected for near vision only and the other eye will have clear distance vision. Monivision users have to train themselves to see through this new optical system. Similar to progressive eyeglasses, contact lenses can be fit as multifocals.

Hyperopia is not inevitable, and it can be treated surgically. Presbyopia has effected humans for generations, anyone over forty generally gets it, but it was never treated with surgery until very recently. When eyes start to lose their flexibility they can’t focus on objects up close anymore, It is at this point treatment becomes necesarry. Though a couple surgical options are available for presbyopia, nothing beats the safe and affordable option of reading glasses. They are completely safe to wear and are very stylish as well. If your clear up-close vision has been lost due to presbyopia, you may as well get some readers that you like.