What Is Shortsightedness?
2 July 2009Shortsightedness is when the eyes focus incorrectly, making distant targets appear smeared.
If you are nearsighted, it means that you will see objects close by (reading a book) perfectly, however you can’t look at an target further away, without the image blurring. So you may find that you squint your eyes to help focus better. In fact, the technical term for near sightedness orginates from the Greek words that mean shut eye.
Jaeger charts are used to assess a woman’s near vision. A Snellen chart will be better for assessing somebody’s faraway vision. A myopic individual will not be able to view the image from a Snellen chart with great clarity and so the letters looked fuzzy and unfocussed.
It occurs when the physical length of the eye is greater than the optical length. For this reason, Nearsightedness often develops in the rapidly growing school-aged child or teenager, and progresses during the growth years, requiring frequent modifications in glasses or contact lenses. It usually stops progressing as growth is completed in the early twenties.
So whilst young people are the most likely to get Shortsightedness. It happens in equal numbers between boys and girls. If there is family history, then somepeople are most likely to have it.
If you are nearsighted, then you are likely to need to the local opticians and see whether I could get prescription glasses online. Just go to an actual optician for the prescription and request a copy of the prescriptions.
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