Presbyopia

Presbyopia is the term used to describe the need for reading glasses that usually occurs in middle-age as a result of ageing changes within the eye’s natural lens.

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What is Presbyopia

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What is Presbyopia (Reading Vision Problems)?

Most people require reading glasses when they reach their late forties, however short-sighted people often do not require glasses for reading when they reach this age.

People with normal vision when younger will need to wear reading glasses from about their late forties onwards. These people may still have good unaided distance vision.

People who are mildly short-sighted will be unaffected by the symptoms of presbyopia in so much as they can read without glasses. People who have no prescription, are long-sighted or strongly short-sighted will suffer from the symptoms of presbyopia and need near vision glasses.

Causes

Presbyopia is caused by aging changes in the eye’s natural crystalline lens. A young lens is flexible and its power can be adjusted by muscles to focus over a range of distances. This process, called accommodation, becomes more difficult with age as the lens becomes stiffer.

Symptoms

Presbyopia symptoms include:

Needing to hold reading material further away in order to be able to read clearly

Eye strain or headaches when reading for a prolonged period

Deterioration in near vision is usually first noticed in the winter months when lighting is worse.

Treatments

Glasses

(bifocal or multifocal lenses) include a plus power to focus on near objects.

Laser Eye Surgery

Monovision setting the dominant eye for distance and the non-dominant eye for near can work well to provide good vision for distance and near.

Lens Surgery / Refractive Lens Exchange / Clear Lens Exchange

Presbyopia can be corrected by replacing the stiff crystalline lens with a trifocal or extended depth of focus lens implants.

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Lens Surgery / Refractive Lens Exchange

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Presbyopia

Presbyopia is the term used to describe the need for reading glasses that usually occurs in middle-age as a result of ageing changes within the eye’s natural lens.

What is Presbyopia (Reading Vision Problems)?

Causes

Symptoms

Treatments

Glasses

Laser Eye Surgery

Lens Surgery / Refractive Lens Exchange / Clear Lens Exchange

Procedures

Lens Surgery / Refractive Lens Exchange

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Presbyopia

Presbyopia is the term used to describe the need for reading glasses that usually occurs in middle-age as a result of ageing changes within the eye’s natural lens.

What is Presbyopia (Reading Vision Problems)?

Causes

Symptoms

Treatments

Glasses

Laser Eye Surgery

Lens Surgery / Refractive Lens Exchange / Clear Lens Exchange

Procedures

Lens Surgery / Refractive Lens Exchange

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