Hypermetropia: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Management, and Complications

Hyperopia (Far-sightedness) Visual

Hypermetropia (hyperopia, long-sightedness or far- sightedness) is a form of refractive error in which parallel rays of light coming from infinity are focused behind the light sensitive layer of the retina, when the eye is at rest. Donders (1864) discusses in his historical review about hypermetropia. Much of the problem was caused by confusion between the effects … Read more