Hyperopia+4a

= = =Title: Hyperopia (far sightedness)= = = =Group Members: Mayne Daniels, Jon Gillow, Mrs. K= = = =Patient Case History:The patient's name is Ava, she is 12. Ava has been having trouble seeing close objects and no difficulty seeing far away objects.=

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= = =Anatomy in the picture:The eye with hyperopia is more flattened than the normal eye and the normal eye has a more rounded shape. After the the hyperopia is fitted with glasses lenses the focusing power of the retina is fixed.= = = = = =Diagnosis: A typical grade-school screening or visual acuity test will usually not be adequate to detect hyperopia. An opthalmologist, through a comprehensive eye exam, will be able to not only determine the degree and ideal treatments for those problems as well. Young people with mild hyperopia may not need corrective lenses or any type of treatment while people who are older or are severly farsighted will have a variety of treatment options available to them. A person with farsightedness has a lense that does not contract down so you can see objects that are near you.= = = = = =Possible treatments:=