When an eye provides a camera system for the patient that focuses all light perfectly on the retina, the eye is said to be emmetropic. Emmetropia is the condition of perfect 20/20 vision and is the ul...
Hyperopia or farsightedness is the term used to describe an eye that can focus on objects that are further away, but has a very difficult time seeing clearly objects which are close. In the hyperopic ...
The myopic or “nearsighted” patient can see objects clearly at a near distance, but when objects are further away they become blurred and out of focus. Myopia is usually associated with your eyes at b...
As a person reaches the ages of 40 to 45, they usually develop a condition called presbyopia. This condition is caused from the aging process inside the eye and there is nothing you can do to stop the...
Astigmatism is a condition where the cornea is irregularly shaped, causing the eye to focus an object on two different points within the camera system of the eye. The retina is like the camera film in...
