LONG-SIGHTEDNESS | Optometrist Explains

Hello and welcome back to the channel!

Hyperopia is perhaps one of the hardest topics to explain, and to fit it into a 4 minute video is an impossible task.

I will be covering different ways of correcting hyperopia and myopia in future videos so don't worry!

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[mitsuracer]

Didn't wear glasses til 27 years old. Never knew I was far sighted before that. Always thought it was normal for everything to be blurry when I relaxed my eyes.

[susanstjohn]

Thanks so much for making this video!

I started wearing glasses for the first time 2 weeks ago and it's honestly been life-changing. My face is so much more relaxed.

I probably would have started wearing glasses several years ago if I'd been more aware of the actual effects of hyperopia.

[Blacksquareable]

Hi Anthony. I was really pleased to see this video. Long sightedness definitely isn't so simple and I'd love to see more videos about it. The biggest problem I had was not being believed for years because of the ability to accomodate just like you outlined.

[CherylRider]

I didn't start wearing glasses until I was 40 and was just told it was because of my astigmatism - which I never really knew I had (squinting helps). My sister has astigmatism but is near sighted and started wearing glasses at age 7, so I knew what that was. I apparently am far sighted as my prescription is OD (Sphere) +1.00 (Cylinder) -1.25 (Axis) 005 and OS +1.25 -1.25 168 both eyes have an add of +2.25 . My eyes are not bad, I can still see relatively good without glasses, just not crisp, without glasses words especially look doubled or shadowed (if that makes sense). Loving your videos.

[twrw]

I was long sighted from early childhood and wore glasses from 5 to 46 when I had refractive lens exchange. I was +7.5 and +7.75 and effectively blind without glasses at any distance. The surgery was life changing.

[otiebrown]

Hi Antonio,
It is good to hear you talk about yourself, with measured by the positive status.

[Yandandebele]

congratulations. ive been here since everly was a baby. i love you guys soooo much❤❤❤

[lisamoore]

I sure do miss not needing reading glasses. I started needing them when I was about 45 years old.

[dansantosn]

I was diagnosed with Hyperomia when I was younger and prescribed reading glasses, but never really had to use them because, in any normal situation where I need to read something close I can simply put it a little bit away from me or get a bit away from it myself, to a distance where the reading is comfortable again. And if I can't, I force the focus a little bit and as long as it's not a very long reading it doesn't cause any major discomfort really. Although, the idea of being able to have a total relaxed face all the time is very appealing. The only time I really have trouble reading is while I'm in movement, inside a car or something, but that's because I also have kinetosis (motion sickness). I NEED to look at something outside and far away or I feel really really sick.

[metalmadman]

Thanks for this. I had my first eye exam at age 48 in July 2022, as I have been experiencing blurred up close vision (presbyopia). I started to experience a little blurred close vision at age 45 but still could see phone text etc. At age 48 almost 49.. my close up vision got to the point I cannot read text no matter how far I held a book or phone away. I ended up in Progressive lens with 2.0 add power and come to find out I needed slight distance correction (.50 diopter in right eye and .25 in left along with -.50 diopter in each eye for astigmatism) The plus power reading in sphere indicates I'm far sighted. What do people with that sort of prescription typically experience as they age and Presbyopia progresses?

[nessimaskye]

I have hyperopia but I feel like I'm likely an edge case based on this video. I've been wearing glasses since I was 16months old and have a +6.50 in my right eye and +7.75 in my left eye. I've also had strabismus surgery twice on my left eye and I lack depth perception due my eyes not developing at the same time due to the strabismus.

[OceanSwimmer]

I'm 71 and have 20/15 vision.
I'm noticing blurry halos around lights, which I think means my lens is starting to opacify.
I am concerned that getting IOL will negatively affect my long sightedness. Most people have 20/20 after cataract surgery w/IOL lens implants.
I'm used to noticing fine detail at distance: the leaves on trees being very well defined, etc.
Will I lose my farsightedness after cataract surgery?

Great videos.
New subscriber here.

[kkevinj]

I had hyperopia due to not enough closeup time, do what myopes do, READ with distance vision 20/20, after lasik, now my eyes will never fail me again, thanks smart phone

[MikeMaryandRusty]

Interesting. I'm a +12. I've wore glasses my entire life and have never been able to see up close or far away without glasses.

[kath]

My contacts say +4.00/-0.75x180 because I have astigma. But I can't see close up or far away. And I've never been given reading glasses, always normal glasses that I wear all the time. Does this mean I am just far sighted? Or short sighted too? (I have had glasses since a young child)

[GavanCassar]

I am 32 and just been down the road of getting glasses sorted due to my head aches and migraines. I have been diagnosed as long sighted. I started a different job and have experienced computer screens and small writing very hard to read. But I can correct it. Although I can only hold clear focus if I continually move my eyes or only for a second or 2 if I try and look at something. I noticed even driving how blurry things are but I can correct it to read a sign and then back to blur just after.The first glasses seemed to help but only for a couple of days and they started to require more and more focusing and less effectiveness.After 2 weeks I went back. They decided to use 24hr eye drops and retest and resulted in a new script.Due to the same issues when doing the test my eyes were always correcting themselves so I could read the letters.I am on the second pair and unfortunately it has been 3 weeks and I still feel they aren’t strong enough as I can’t hold focus with them on writing this msg. I can get through with out glasses but since having them I have noticed how bad my eyes were. Just want it to be clear always instead of jumping around and constantly trying to focus things up. Hopefully less head aches

[kristelbaculi]

Can you explain more about hyperopia? My professor said that hyperopia doesnt always mean that you have a blurry vision at near. All my life i thought its like dat. Hyperopia is farsighted so he can see clear at far and blurry at near. He said its not.

[eun-solkim]

Hi Antonio. I seem to remember you mentioning you wear progressives. I just found out I’m mildly farsighted at 22yo (+1.00 +0.75). But I was prescribed progressives with +0.25 Pl and an add of +0.75, mainly so that I can see far away clearly during lectures. But shouldn’t I be able to see at all distances clearly with single vision lenses with my full prescription, at least once I get used to them? When I asked my optometrist this, all he said was “not always”. Is this true? Are there any benefits to progressives for young people? Why do you use them?

[NBNfilms]

Good video, I might have done better in school if I had my glasses for hyperopia earlier. Did not have a decent eye exam till age 20. Had eye strain for years till I got glasses, your music is distracting, sorry,

[mrzee]

HI MR ANTONIO. IN WITH THE RULE ASTIGMATISM THE CORNEA IS STEEPER AXIS 90 . IT MAKES IT MYOPIC. WHY IN PRACTICE WE CORRECT IT WITH A PLUS LENS X90 ... THANKS