HYPEROPIA - treating farsightedness in Birmingham
Hyperopia: "My distance vision is blurred & my near vision is even worse"
You are “far-sighted” (also known as hyperopia or hypermetropia). Distant objects are focussed in front of your retina because your eye is too short & the focusing power of your eye isn’t strong enough.
Wearing plus (+) glasses moves the focal plane forwards which focuses the image you’re looking at on your retina.
Hyperopia explained in 30 seconds
Example of a prescription for someone with hyperopia or far-sightedness:
The sphere or SPH block has a positive number, for example +1.75 for the right eye. The higher the number, the higher the degree of hyperopia or far-sightedness.
A negative SPH number indicates myopia. And the cylinder or CYL indicates the amount of astigmatism. The axis indicates the position of the astigmatism. The ADD refers to presbyopia correction. Contact lens prescriptions are similar. The numbers are listed on the side of the box.
"My only regret is not having it done sooner"
Hyperopia: The problem & the treatment
When you were younger the lens in your eye was able to adjust for your shorter eye. But as you get older, your lens becomes less flexible & you have difficulty adjusting the focus, your eyes get tired so you start to need glasses to read but you can still see well in the distance (far-sighted). Later you become even more frustrated when you need glasses to see in the distance too. Your glasses get thicker & heavier on your nose & more expensive! When wearing glasses your eyes will look bigger through them & everything you look at will also look bigger than when you are wearing contact lenses.
Why does your vision continue to deteriorate if you have hyperopia or are farsighted? And why do your glasses get thicker? The lens in your eyes becomes less flexible & adaptable, & your lens can’t give you the vision correction you used to be able to achieve.
Do you have hyperopia?
Mark Wevill is an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) & eye surgeon who has specialised in doing laser & lens vision correction. He has been correcting hyperopia & other vision problems in Birmingham & the West Midlands since 2002. There are lens & laser eye surgery solutions to improve distance & near vision for far-sighted people. The price of correcting your hyperopia depends on the treatment that’s best for you & we’ll find an affordable way to discover what you’ve been missing.
