Farsightedness (Hypermetropia)


Weitsichtigkeit (Hyperopie)

In a farsighted eye, the incoming light rays are refracted so that the point of focus lies behind the retina. Distant objects may still be seen clearly, because the lens adjusts, however, near objects generally become blurry. The reason for this refractive error is in most cases that the eye is shorter than a normal vision eye, rarely it is due to low refractive power. Optical correction increases the refractive power of the optical system, moving the focal point forwards onto the retina.


In glasses and contact lenses the light rays are refracted through a converging lens, where the correcting values are indicated in plus diopters e.g. +3.50D.
 
In general, farsightedness can be corrected with the excimer laser. Refractive errors up to +4.00D can be corrected with LASIK. Today LASIK is one of the most popular laser eye procedures for correcting nearsightedness with a high succes rate. With farsightedness of more than +5.00D can be corrected with an intraocular contact lens (ICL) or through a lens exchange (RLE).

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