CLUB100 || IDENTIFYING AND DEALING WITH REFRACTIVE ERRORS

Good day ladies and gentlemen I hope everyone is doing well by the grace of God. Today I want us to look at a condition of the eye that we are familiar with but tend to forget them. In general terms it is referred to as a refractive error.

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How does Refractive Errors Occur

A normal eyes is shaped like a round ball. Light enters front of the eye and passes through the lens. The lens is clear and flexible. Muscles attached to the lens can change the shape of the lens, allowing it to focus objects clearly on the retina at the back of the eye.

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Types of Refractive Errors

Myopia or Nearsightedness.

I believe strongly that you are so much familiar with myopia or nearsightedness. This condition of the eye happens if the eye is longer than normal. The lens will focus the light in front of the retina, when this happen we refer to it as as myopia or nearsightedness because you can see things that are near but things that are far away becomes blurred.

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Hyperopia or Farsightedness

We say ones eye is hyperopia or farsightedness if the eye is too short. Thus the lens focuses the light behind retina and you can see things that are far away but things that are near are blurred.

Astigmatism

Before light can reach the lens it must pass through the outer layer of the eye, the cornea. If the cornea is not round but irregular in shape it will burn the light and cause all images to be blurred.

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Presbyopia

This condition of the eye is associated with age, as we get older the lens becomes harder and less flexible and the muscles are less able to pull the lens to focus the image. Any one over the age of 35 can develop presbyopia. One funny thing about presbyopia is that one can even have myopia or hyperopia and still have presbyopia.

Is it important to treat these errors?

Yes, because when we are able to treat it, it improves our ability to see clearly whatever activities we find our eyes doing.

If you are one of such people who have any of this errors like myself you can start exercising your eye that has any of the conditions to improve it. But the best way that you can treat refractive error is by the use of medicated spectacles.

Lastly I also urge those who do not have any of the conditions listed above to constantly visits an eye clinic for regular eye examination and if you are also one of those people using spectacles like me you should also be visiting the eye clinic for constant eye examination because power of the glasses may change over time.

After reading all the above-listed refractive errors you know where you belong, the best way to treat these conditions is to consult your eye doctor for a prescribed medication and spectacles.