Hyperopia

Hyperopia is the medical term for "farsightedness." Hyperopia occurs when your eye is too short in relation to the curvature of your cornea. Light rays entering your eye focus behind the retina, producing a blurred image. Some farsighted people can use their focusing muscles to pull the image forward onto the retina, allowing them to see clearly. But others, who cannot overcome the effects of severe hyperopia, need glasses for distance vision as well as reading glasses or bifocals.

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