hipermetropia

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name

Hyperopia

Medical condition (new).synonyms

Hypermetropia, hyperopia, longsightedness, long-sightedness

Medical condition (new).image

Hypermetropia color.svg

Medical condition (new).caption

Far-sightedness without (top) and with lens correction (bottom)

Medical condition (new).field

Ophthalmology, optometry

Medical condition (new).symptoms

Near blur, Distance and near blur, Asthenopia

Medical condition (new).complications

Accommodative dysfunction, binocular dysfunction, amblyopia, strabismus

Medical condition (new).causes

Axial length of eyeball is too short, lens or cornea is flatter than normal, aphakia

Medical condition (new).risks

Ageing, hereditary

Medical condition (new).diagnosis

Eye exam

Medical condition (new).differential

Amblyopia, retrobulbar optic neuropathy, retinitis pigmentosa sine pigmento

Medical condition (new).treatment

Eyeglasses, contact lenses, refractive surgeries, IOL implantation

Medical condition (new).frequency

~7.5% (US)

via Wikipedia infobox

• [Refractive surgery for hyperopia].ReviewJournal francais d'ophtalmologie · 2021Delbarre M, Le HM, Boucenna W et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2020.11.008
• Hyperopia: a meta-analysis of prevalence and a review of associated factors among school-aged children.BMC ophthalmology · 2014Castagno VD, Fassa AG, Carret ML et al.DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-163
• [Research progress on influencing factors of hyperopia reserve in children].ReviewZhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi · 2022Zhao MY, Zhu Y, Xu SJ et al.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20220420-00324
• Phakic intraocular lens implantation for the correction of hyperopia.ReviewJournal of cataract and refractive surgery · 2019Alshamrani AA, Alharbi SSDOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2019.05.051
• Infant hyperopia: detection, distribution, changes and correlates-outcomes from the cambridge infant screening programs.ReviewOptometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2007Atkinson J, Braddick O, Nardini M et al.DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318031b69a
• The epidemiology of early childhood hyperopia.ReviewOptometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2007Tarczy-Hornoch KDOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318031b674
• Infant and child hyperopia.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2007Mutti DO, Candy R, Cotter SA et al.DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31803404bb
• Future Developments in SMILE: Higher Degree of Myopia and Hyperopia.ReviewAsia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2019Wang Y, Ma JDOI: 10.1097/01.APO.0000580128.27272.bb

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