What is presbyopia?

Presbyopia is a condition that is a part of the aging process. It occurs when the natural lens of the eye becomes harder and less elastic. This loss of flexibility reduces the eye’s ability to switch from seeing objects at a distance to seeing objects that are close up. Over time, while distance vision may still be very good, near vision gets progressively worse. To help you better understand presbyopia, click here to watch an animation of this process.

Signs of presbyopia:

• • Difficulty reading

• Difficulty seeing the computer screen clearly

 

Presbyopia usually occurs before cataracts and affects almost everyone over 50. Eventually, reading glasses or bifocals become necessary for reading, and frequent changes in eyeglass prescriptions are common.

 

Treating presbyopia

As with cataracts, presbyopia can also be corrected by replacing the aging crystalline lens with an intraocular lens (IOL).

 

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