Hypermetropia

Hypermetropia (also called hyperopia or farsightedness) is a common refractive error where the eye does not focus light properly on the retina. Instead, light is focused behind the retina.

Key features of Hypermetropia:

• Distant objects may be seen clearly.
• Near objects appear blurry or require extra effort to focus.
• It happens when:
  • The eyeball is too short from front to back.
  • The cornea or lens has too little curvature (not powerful enough).

Symptoms:

• Eye strain or headache after reading or doing close work
• Blurred vision at near
• Squinting or fatigue

Correction:

• Convex lenses (plus-powered glasses or contact lenses)
• These lenses help converge light rays so they focus on the retina, not behind it.

In short, hypermetropia means your eyes work harder to focus on close objects, and in higher degrees, even distant vision can become blurry.