What is presbyopia?
As we age, the anatomical lens of our eye slowly loses its ability to focus from distance to near, or accommodate. This causes our near vision to become progressively worse beginning around the age of 40. The term for this loss of focusing ability is “presbyopia”. Everyone will experience some degree of presbyopia, as it is one of the most predictable routine changes that occur in the human body. Traditional treatments for presbyopia include reading glasses, bifocals, and multifocal lenses. Now refractive laser surgery and Triad Eye Laser Center offers another option to consider: Monovision.
Presbyopia is a vision problem that is linked to the aging process. It usually begins in a person’s forties and causes items to appear blurry close-up. Presbyopia differs from refractive errors because it is unrelated to the shape of the eyeball. Instead, it is generally believed to it stem from a loss of flexibility in the lens of the eye. Since presbyopia is not caused by a refractive error, it cannot be corrected by laser eye surgery. Likewise, laser eye surgery cannot prevent presbyopia. Our Manchester practice offers various vision correction options for people with presbyopia. For more information, please contact Viewpoint Vision today.
Presbyopia is an age-related condition that generally happens between the ages of 40 and 50. The condition prevents the eye from focusing at all distances and causes blurry vision, especially close-up. Often, the first sign is difficulty reading fine print at a close distance, but being able to read fine print better when held further away.
Presbyopia is an aging vision condition in which the crystalline lens of your eye loses its flexibility. This results in progressive difficulty in focusing on close objects. Your eye stops growing in your early teens. The lens, however, continues to grow and produce more and more cells. This continued growth eventually causes the lens to harden and lose some of its elasticity and therefore some focusing ability.
