HYPEROPIA

(Long/far-sightedness)

In long-sightedness, light rays from distant objects are focused behind the retina because the focusing power of the eye is too weak relative to the length of the eye. People with long-sightedness often have difficulty focusing on objects up close but can usually see distant objects more clearly. However, if you have high amounts of long-sightedness your distance vision can be blurry too.

Long-sightedness is sometimes confused with presbyopia, which also causes near vision problems, but unlike long-sightedness, it is a condition that occurs to all of us with age.

Simulation of the vision of a person with hyperopia.