kidster Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Long-sighted / Presbyopia - Any preventive measures and treatments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLC Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Long-sighted is hypermetropia or hyperopia, not the same as presbyopia. Hypermetropia is refractive condition of the eyes that happened to any age, even baby. As for presbyopia, it is due to the ageing of the natural lens in the eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerunner Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Unfortunately, there is no cure and you are prevent it from happening. It could only get worse as we aged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiusulnar Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 Reading glasses to the rescue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerunner Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 5 hours ago, radiusulnar said: Reading glasses to the rescue! Yeap. it’s rather annoying when you have to bring down your reading glass when you need to look further and put it back again when you need to read. Doing it repeatedly…. mmm. And… you need to have a pair in all your bags, in case you have forgotten to bring it out with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve5380 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 On 5/29/2024 at 1:00 AM, bluerunner said: Yeap. it’s rather annoying when you have to bring down your reading glass when you need to look further and put it back again when you need to read. Doing it repeatedly…. mmm. And… you need to have a pair in all your bags, in case you have forgotten to bring it out with you. If one needs already a refractive correction that requires glasses or contacts, like for myopia, there is a solution to presbyopia, which is called "monovision". Presbyopia is a natural condition of the eye that comes with age, where the lens loses elasticity and limits the accommodation ( ability of the eye to focus on different distances ). A solution that works well for many people is to have different corrections for the two eyes, one optimized for far distance viewing, the other for near distance viewing. The difference in correction between the eyes can be as large as several diopter. Our brain automatically adapt to this difference, and the result is a normal vision that works well for near and far. I have myopia, and my left eye is optimized for distance, while the right eye is for reading. I am living with this monovision for most of my adult life, and my brain is happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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