Presbyopia is a physiological insufficiency of optical accommodation associated with the aging of the eye; it results in progressively worsening ability...
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Accommodation (vertebrate eye) (section Presbyopia)
the reading distance. When this occurs the patient is presbyopic. Once presbyopia occurs, those who are emmetropic (i.e., do not require optical correction...
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old. It then becomes more common again after the age of 40, known as presbyopia, affecting about half of people. The best treatment option to correct...
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far-sightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia. Near-sightedness results in far away objects being blurry, far-sightedness and presbyopia result in close objects...
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Near visual acuity (section Presbyopia)
done after correcting visual acuity at a distance. Eye conditions like presbyopia, accommodative insufficiency, cycloplegia etc. can affect the near visual...
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Pilocarpine (section Presbyopia)
(FDA) approved pilocarpine hydrochloride as an eye drop treatment for presbyopia, age-related difficulty with near-in vision. It works by causing the pupils...
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and short distances. Bifocals are commonly prescribed to people with presbyopia who also require a correction for myopia, hyperopia, and/or astigmatism...
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LASIK (section Presbyopia)
"mischaracterization of results". A type of LASIK, known as presbyLasik, may be used in presbyopia. Results are, however, more variable and some people have a decrease in...
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alters over time. A common condition in people over forty years old is presbyopia, which is caused by the eye's crystalline lens losing elasticity, progressively...
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implants. Marginal indications for RLE are presbyopia without ametropia, using a multifocal lens implant, presbyopia with underlying astigmatism, and prepresbyopoa...
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are used to treat common vision disorders such as myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and astigmatism. The first theoretical work on the potential of refractive...
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errors such as myopia, high hypermetropia, and astigmatism, amblyopia, presbyopia, pseudomyopia, diabetes, cataract, pernicious anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency...
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which leads to difficulty focusing on close objects, or presbyopia. Most people experience presbyopia by age 45–50. The cause is lens hardening by decreasing...
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Laser blended vision is a laser eye treatment which is used to treat presbyopia (ageing eyes; progressive loss of the ability to focus on nearby objects)...
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Progressive lenses are corrective lenses used in eyeglasses to correct presbyopia and other disorders of accommodation. They are characterised by a gradient...
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physiological limits for his age. AI is generally considered separate from presbyopia, but mechanically both conditions represent a difficulty engaging the...
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is to treat refractive errors: myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. Glasses or "spectacles" are worn on the face a short distance in front...
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– (etafilcon A) hydrogel material (also available for astigmatism and presbyopia). Introduced in 2006. 1-Day Acuvue Define – (etafilcon A) hydrogel material...
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trifocal lens in 1827. Trifocals are mostly used by people with advanced presbyopia who have been prescribed 2 diopters or more of reading addition. The intermediate...
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re-present a second time with further vision loss due to the early onset of presbyopia symptoms (i.e., difficulty in viewing objects up close). DOA is characterized...
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ones do not (H27) Hypermetropia - Nearby objects appears blurry (H28) Presbyopia - inability to focus on nearby objects (H30) Chorioretinal inflammation...
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on nearby objects. This results in similar problems as those caused by presbyopia, in which the lens has lost elasticity and can also no longer focus on...
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was the first modern[clarification needed] progressive lens to correct presbyopia. The progressive lens is characterized by correcting near, intermediate...
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Contact lens (section Correction of presbyopia)
longer initial adjustment period, and more involved fitting. Correction of presbyopia (a need for a reading prescription different from the prescription needed...
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glaucoma (2%). Refractive errors include near-sightedness, far-sightedness, presbyopia, and astigmatism. Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness. Other...
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adjustable focal length. They compensate for refractive errors (such as presbyopia) by providing variable focusing, allowing users to adjust them for desired...
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which is surgically implanted in the cornea of the eye as a treatment for presbyopia. Successful installation results in reducing dependence on reading glasses...
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surveillance trials of the Flexivue Microlens, a corneal inlay treatment for presbyopia, the age-related loss of near vision. The Flexivue Microlens is a 3 mm...
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engraving machines, in ophthalmological laser systems for the treatment of presbyopia, in confocal microscopy, in laser printers, in laser shows, in Laser TV...
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hyperopia or presbyopia would have a near point that is farther than normal. Sometimes, near point is given in diopters (see Presbyopia § Mechanism),...
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