Long-sighted people are able to see images in the distance more clearly than they can see images close up. Hypermetropic people may however, be unable to see at any distance clearly without their glasses.
Anatomical causes of hypermetropia include having an eye with not enough power or an eye whose length is too short. This results in light focusing behind, not on, the retina.
It is quite common for children to have small degrees of hypermetropia that they grow out of over time as the eye grows longer.
Some of the symptoms may include:
Particularly for near objects, but depending on the severity also affecting some distant vision.
Up to +6.0 dioptres of long-sight (including astigmatism) can be corrected with the excimer laser
