Farsightedness - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Farsightedness, also called hyperopia, is a common vision condition in which distant objects are clear, but close objects look blurry People with extreme farsightedness may only be able to clearly see distant objects Those with mild farsightedness may be able to clearly see closer objects
Farsightedness - Wikipedia Farsightedness Eye condition in which light is focused behind instead of on the retina
Farsightedness (Hyperopia) - National Eye Institute Farsightedness — or hyperopia — is an eye condition that makes nearby objects look blurry Read about what causes farsightedness and how it can be diagnosed and treated
Farsightedness: What Is Hyperopia? - American Academy of Ophthalmology With farsightedness, the shape of your eye prevents light from bending properly, so that light is aimed behind your retina instead of on your retina For example, your eye may be shorter than normal (from front to back) or the cornea at the front of your eye may be too flat
Farsightedness (Hyperopia) - Harvard Health A person with farsightedness, also called hyperopia, has difficulty seeing objects close to the eye They can see distant objects well In most cases, farsightedness is an inherited condition caused by an eye that is too short front to back
Farsightedness (Hyperopia) - Kaiser Permanente Farsightedness occurs when light entering the eye is focused behind the retina instead of directly on it This is caused by an eye that is too short, whose cornea is not curved enough, or whose lens sits farther back in the eye than normal Farsightedness often runs in families