Farsightedness

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Visual acuity test

Normal, near, and farsightedness

Normal vision

Lasik eye surgery - series

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Prevention

Farsightedness

Alternative Names:

Hyperopia

Treatment:

Farsightedness is easily corrected with glasses or contact lenses. Surgical techniques are available for correcting farsightedness and can be used for those who do not wish to wear glasses or contacts.

Expectations (prognosis):

The outcome is expected to be good.

Complications:

Farsightedness can be a risk factor for glaucoma.

Calling your health care provider:

Call for an appointment with your health care provider or ophthalmologist if symptoms of farsightedness develop and you have not had an eye examination recently.

Also, call if vision begins to get worse after you have been diagnosed with farsightedness.

Review Date: 10/31/2004
Reviewed By: Edward B. Feinberg, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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