hyperopia

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Recent Examples of hyperopia Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 Untreated hyperopia can lead to the development of a lazy eye (amblyopia) or additional vision loss. Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024 Some people with hyperopia can have their vision surgically corrected. Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024 Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism. Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018 Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both). By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperopia
Noun
  • Treatment Differences The treatments for nearsightedness and farsightedness are similar.
    Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 6 May 2025
  • Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to glucose, the companies have been working on a smart accommodating contact lens for presbyopia (the loss of near-focusing ability) and a smart intraocular lens for improving sight following cataract surgery.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2018
  • When Readers Aren’t Enough Not all eye symptoms people experience in their 40s can be attributed to presbyopia.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • People with high myopia, who typically need stronger prescriptions for nearsightedness, have a higher risk of developing MMD. Genetics: A family history of high myopia or MMD increases your likelihood of developing the condition.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Apr. 2025
  • All that and a certain culture of self-congratulation at Choose Chicago and a bit of Midwestern myopia, too.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • People with high myopia, who typically need stronger prescriptions for nearsightedness, have a higher risk of developing MMD. Genetics: A family history of high myopia or MMD increases your likelihood of developing the condition.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Overall, each extra hour of daily screen time was associated with a 21 percent higher risk of developing myopia, or nearsightedness, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, Kiké Hernández did the same thing after discovering astigmatism (a condition caused by imperfections in the curvature of the eye that can impact vision) in his own right eye.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
  • Toric lenses: These lenses can also help correct astigmatism (a condition that affects the curve of the cornea or lens).
    Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).
    Laura Schober, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
  • One of his conditions, strabismus,has also been reported by researchers to be behind the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, allowing the painter to perceive the world differently and facilitating his accurate depiction of three-dimensional objects on flat surfaces.
    Maya Davis, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024

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