Who gets Hyperopia?
Like myopia, hyperopia can occasionally run in families, however, due to patients’ ability to compensate for the symptoms it is usually only at an eye examination that it can be identified. Early identification of a hyperopic individual is important in limiting their symptoms and stopping complications that can arise from it such as Squints/Lazy eyes. Glasses may need to be worn all the time or just for close work, such as reading, writing or computer use. In older people, as re-focusing becomes more difficult, distance vision may also become blurred.Laser Eye Surgeons Astigmatism Many people have heard of Astigmatism, but, unfortunately many are under the misconception that it is a rare condition or at least a pathological one. The cornea is often described as being rugby ball shaped as it has two different curvatures, one longer than the other, at 90 degrees to each other. Light passing into the eye through such a cornea is distorted into a pattern often described by astigmats as bei
