Hyperopia

Hyperopia

What is hyperopia?

Hyperopia is a condition in which light is focused behind the retina instead of on it, causing objects to be blurry.

Hyperopia

Hyperopia

In hyperopia, patients usually cannot see objects in close distances well, but they can see far objects normally, even though in some cases far sight may also be affected.

Hyperopia causes include heredity, axial length of the eyeball and reduced refractive power of the eye.

How a patient with hyperopia sees

How a patient with hyperopia sees