A Condition Known as Presbyopia
An Eye Problem for the Aged

Presbyopia is an eye condition, a weakness if you must, that happens naturally after you enter your 40s.

With age your eye muscles, just like any other muscle in your body becomes less supple and less flexible.

This condition is different from nearsightedness.

The affected person is unable to focus clearly on objects and fine print unless they are held a little further away from the eyes.

This mainly happens because, progressively, the lens becomes a little hard, making it difficult for it to change focus when reading finer, smaller print.

Loss of elasticity and flexibility within the muscles surrounding the eye lens makes focusing difficult with age.

There are two main ways with dealing with this eye problem:

You can either opt for eyewear like eyeglasses, reading glasses, bifocal lenses or you can go in for surgery to correct your presbyopic condition.

Eyeglasses equipped with bifocal lenses are the most common treatment used.

Bifocal basically means glasses that offer you two spots of focus - a prescription for nearsightedness in the main part and a stronger one for reading or other close work in the lower are of your glasses.

You can also opt for reading glasses that can help you see better.

These need to worn only when you need to do some work up close, unlike bifocal glasses which are for all-day wear.

Multifocal contact lenses are also a viable option to contain presbyopia.

Another contact lens type is monovision.

Here one eye wears a near vision prescription and other carries a distance vision prescription.

This can offer relief to some, while others find it a little disconcerting.

Surgery for presbyopia is still in its nascent stages.

One prominent option is keratoplasty.

This procedure involves altering the curvature of your cornea with the help of radio waves.

All said and done, ageing of the eye is natural; therefore presbyopia is also a natural weakness.

Find the best option suiting our budget, requirements and choice and wish all your presbyopic troubles away!

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