What is Hyperopia?

What is Hyperopia?

• Hyperopia: Far-sightedness often requiring glasses.
• Hyperopia: A refractive error in which rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus behind the retina, as a result of the eyeball being too short from front to back. It is also called farsightedness because the near point is more distant than it is in emmetropia with an equal amplitude of accommodation. (Dorland, 27th ed)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Hyperopia: abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Hyperopia: Introduction

Types of Hyperopia:

Types of Hyperopia:

• Presbyopia
• more types...»

Broader types of Hyperopia:

• Refractive Eye Disorders
• Eye conditions
• Lens disorders
• more types...»

How many people get Hyperopia?

Prevalance of Hyperopia: 22.4% of population self-reported having long-sightedness in Australia 2001 (ABS 2001 National Health Survey, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Prevalance Rate of Hyperopia: approx 1 in 4 or 22.40% or 60.9 million people in USA [about data]

How serious is Hyperopia?

Complications of Hyperopia: see complications of Hyperopia

What causes Hyperopia?

Causes of Hyperopia: see causes of Hyperopia

What are the symptoms of Hyperopia?

Symptoms of Hyperopia: see symptoms of Hyperopia

Complications of Hyperopia: see complications of Hyperopia

Hyperopia: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hyperopia.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hyperopia.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Hyperopia: see treatments for Hyperopia
Research for Hyperopia: see research for Hyperopia

Organs Affected by Hyperopia:

Organs and body systems related to Hyperopia include:

• Eye

Name and Aliases of Hyperopia

Main name of condition: Hyperopia

farsightedness, long-sightedness

Long sightedness, Hypermetropia, Farsightedness Source - Diseases Database

Hyperopia, Hypermetropia, Hypermetropy, Longsightedness, Hypermetropia, Hypermetropy, Farsightedness, Longsightedness, Hyperopia, Hypermetropia, Hypermetropy, Farsightedness
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Hyperopia:

• Farsightedness
• Laser surgical procedures
• Refractive surgery
• Corneal reshaping
• Laser in situ keratomileusis
• LASIK
• Hyperopic LASIK
• Excimer laser ablation
• Photorefractive keratoplasty
• PRK
• Radial keratotomy

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