Visit your Mont Belvieu, TX Optometrist to Find Out About Treatment Options

Presbyopia is a visual impairment that comes with age in which near vision becomes noticeably reduced. As people around the world are living longer, more and more people develop the condition, which currently cannot be escaped.

The lenses of your eye curve when focusing on objects at differing distances. Some theorize that with age, that elasticity diminishes because the natural lenses lose their give. This condition is called presbyopia and is often noticed by blurred vision when reading or seeing objects at close range. This usually starts to happen any time after someone turns forty. Those with the condition often manage with near visual impairment by holding the paper away from their eyes or standing away from the object they are looking at. Transitions from looking at far away things to nearer ones is often straining for people with presbyopia. The tension might add to one's discomfort by causing eye strain, fatigues or headaches.

Most often bifocals or progressives (PALs) are worn to correct this problem. A bifocal lens is separated into two points of focus, one is for seeing objects from far away and the other part of the lens is for focusing on things that are close by. PALs use the same principal as bifocal lenses, however the transitions between the two prescriptions are more gradual and have no clear distinction between them. Users will more easily adjust focus, as they could if they had uninhibited vision. A third option is reading glasses which, unlike bifocals or PALs which are worn all day, are used only as needed.

If contacts are preferred over eyeglasses, you might want to consider multifocal contacts. It may take a couple of attempts to determine the best use of contact lenses since different lenses can affect your comfort or distance vision.

Furthermore, there are surgical options available that may be worth discussing with your eye doctor. Many patients find the most success by using a combination of treatments for presbyopia. Furthermore, since your vision will likely deteriorate as you age, you will probably need to keep adjusting your correction. The good news is, there is quite a bit of research being done to identify additional and perhaps more permanent solutions for the growing number of people dealing with presbyopia.

Seeing symptoms of presbyopia? Book a visit with your Mont Belvieu, TX eye doctor. A return to normal vision is only a phone call away!