How can Presbyopia be treated ?
The treatment for presbyopia is entirely dependent on the individuals age, health and interests. The treatment for presbyopia includes reading glasses, bifocals, trifocals, variable focus glasses, contact lenses and surgery. LENSES: Bifocal contact lenses are designed to give good vision to people with presbyopia. They have two powers on one lens, one to correct distance vision, if thats needed, and the other to correct near vision. There are contact lenses for presbypopes, called multifocal lenses. It can be obtained in gas permeable or soft lens materials. SURGICAL OPERATIONS: A special technic Monovision is also available. MonoVision is a painless, non-surgical technique using contact lenses that can help you to see distance and read up-close simultaneously. Contact lenses in which one contact lens has a power to correct distance vision and the other contact lens with a different power to correct near vision are given. Refractive surgical operations to treat this condition are: Radi