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Is your newspaper getting blurrier by the day? There could be two potential causes of your vision woes. Should you worry? see your ophthalmologist? what is going on?

If you are in your late 30’s or early 40’s and you are beginning to notice that reading has become difficult, chances are you are noticing the beginning signs of presbyopia. If you had great eyesight your entire life, and all of a sudden that dinner menu or newspaper is getting a little fuzzy, you can relax. There is nothing wrong with your eyes. Welcome to the presbyopia club.

Presbyopia is an effect of the lens inside your eye becoming more dense. Known as the crystalline lens, it allows us to adjust focus from distance to near. This is possible because of the elasticity of the lens. Throughout life, the crystalline lens grows more dense and loses it’s flexibility. This also explains why it strikes everybody right around the age of 40.

Presbyopia can be addressed in a number of ways. The most basic form of correction is with cheater glasses. Just pop on a pair of specs when you need to see up close and voila! Of course, don’t expect to see anything in the distance if you are wearing reading glasses, unless they are progressive or bifocal lenses.

an alternative method used in correcting presbyopia is with contact lenses. Lenses can be fit in many ways. One common fitting style is referred to as monovision; where one eye is corrected for near vision and they other for distance. Multifocal contact lenses can also be employed for a more progressive range of vision.

There are even some surgeries being tested to correct your presbyopia. CK surgery is the most common and widely used corneal refractive surgery used to correct the symptoms of presbyopia.

If you are having trouble with your near vision but you are not approaching forty years of age it something different entirely. Most likely you are farsighted, also known as hyperopia. essentially your eye, from the surface of the cornea to the retina, is too short and light rays do not come to a crisp focus. in theory, the focal point is behind the eye. Thanks to the crystalline lens, young people who are mildly hyperopic usually don’t even realize it until later in life.. However, uncorrected farsightedness can lead to headaches and eye strain.

So should you see an eye doctor? Of course you should! While every symptom explained in this article is strictly refractive and is not cause for major concern; only your eye care provider can be entirely certain that your eyes are healthy. Vision is only a small portion of your eye exam.

Gordon Kay is a person who has presbyopic eyes. He recently accepted his vision. After years of denial, Gordon has put together http://www.eyeonpresbyopia.com to keep himself and other presbyopic people in the know when it comes to their near vision.

- Gordon Kaye