What Is Presbyopia?
When you are young, the lens in your eye is soft and flexible. The lens of the eye changes its shape easily, allowing you to focus on objects both close and far away. After the age of 40, the lens becomes more rigid. Because the lens can’t change shape as easily as it once did, it is more difficult to read at close range. This normal age-related eye condition is called presbyopia.
Since nearly everyone develops presbyopia, if a person also has myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) or astigmatism, the conditions will combine. People with myopia may have fewer problems with presbyopia. Presbyopia literally means "aging eye"
Causes of Presbyopia
Presbyopia is caused by an age-related process that leads to the eye's lens losing its flexibility.
As we age, changes in the lens’s proteins make the lens more rigid and less flexible over time. Also, muscles surrounding the lens may lose their elasticity. As the lens becomes less flexible and able to change shape as easily as it used to, the eye has a harder time focusing on close objects. This is why people over age 40 often find themselves holding reading material farther away to be able to see it clearly.
Presbyopia Symptoms
Some of the signs and symptoms of presbyopia include eyestrain, headaches or feeling tired from doing up-close work. One of the most obvious signs of presbyopia is the need to hold reading materials at arm's length in order to focus properly.
Diagnosis
Your ophthalmologist can diagnose presbyopia as part of a comprehensive eye examination. In addition to checking for other eye problems, he will determine your degree of presbyopia by using a standard vision test. Your ophthalmologist will use a phoropter, an instrument that measures the amount of refractive error you have and helps determine the proper prescription to correct it. You will try out several corrective prescriptions to determine which one will offer the best presbyopia correction for you.
Your ophthalmologist can also discuss presbyopia surgery as another method for treating your presbyopia
Treatment
Reading glasses are a very common and easy way to correct presbyopia symptoms, and are typically worn just during close work such as reading, sewing.
VISION with presbyopia
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Today we can correct the presbyopia using two different surgeries:
- Laser Surgery: This procedure uses an excimer laser to sculpt multifocal zones directly on the cornea, enabling vision at multiple distances.
- Refractive Lens Exchange Surgery: This refractive surgery technique replaces your eye's rigid natural lens with an artificial lens that corrects presbyopia symptoms, providing multifocal vision.
Both are very noble surgeries
There is no best method for correcting presbyopia. The most appropriate correction for you depends on your eyes and your lifestyle. You should discuss your lifestyle with your ophthalmologist to decide which correction may be most effective for you.
“The first step is to go to initial consultation with your ophthalmologist. He is going to explain you what surgery is best suited for each particular case"
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My problem was that I could see well up close, had to wear glasses during my readings, I hated having to wear them, I never get used to wear glasses so I wore them occasionally. All the time had headaches and felt tired.
View more testimonialsDr. Manfred explained me the nature of the surgery and how simple it was, after the operation my problem was fixed and everything changed. Now I enjoy my books, and I don´t even remember when I wore glasses.