Remedies For Dealing With Presbyopia

Do you find yourself wanting your arms were lengthier when struggling to put reading materials further away so that you can focus on them? You could have presbyopia, a condition which comes with age where the eye's natural lens hardens, preventing it from changing shape easily. This makes the change between near vision and distance very hard, and viewing up close becomes difficult. Most sufferers older than 45 are considered farsighted or nearsighted usually are presbyopic.

Most turn to reading glasses to cure this challenge, unaware that there are various other alternatives. Some people believe LASIK is considered to be the lone surgical alternative. However, people who have LASIK before or while experiencing this vision problem might still need to get reading glasses down the line when it shows its head.
Most individuals are generally don't know the different answers available for correcting Presbyopia. Based on your unique situation and age, you might be a more favorable candidate for custom lens implants than for LASIK, or you may prefer an alternate corrective remedy than reading glasses.
Berkeley Eye Center provides a number of options for presbyopia for people that tend to be reluctant to wear eye glasses. The experts at Berkeley Eye Center will explain which of all these remedies may just be appropriate for your particular age and situation.
Surgical Options
Monovision LASIK: Monovision LASIK is a procedure appropriate for some people experiencing this eye condition which helps a patient to visualize near with one eye and distance with the other. This is similar to wearing one contact lens for distance and one contact for reading vision. The eyes work together as a team to visualize at both distances.
Custom Lens Implants: Multifocal lens implants are available nowadays to substitute the cataract or presbyopic lenses in your eyes, enabling patients to visualize sharply at all distances, eliminating the need for glasses or bifocals.
Until recently, people undergoing lens implant or cataract surgery were given a monofocal, or single focus, intraocular lens (IOL). Monofocal IOLs incorporated in each eye oftentimes yield great distance vision. However, sufferers regularly still will need to have eyeglasses for near and intermediate visualization.
At Berkeley Eye Center, out team wish for our valued patients to have the highest amount of options possible as it pertains to their lens implant surgery. With recent FDA approvals, there are presently 3 different multifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implants accessible that can dramatically scale down dependence on eye glasses after your lens implant procedure.
1. Restor
2. Rezoom
3. Crystalens
Multifocal lenses are crafted to allow sufferers to see sufficiently at all distances -- near, distance, and in-between. The surgeons of Berkeley Eye Center are among a quality staff of specialists, nationwide, that are certified to implant all three of these hi-tech multifocal lenses to target cataracts.
Contacts Solutions
Monovision: Monovision is an alternate method of correcting presbyopia which allows an individual to see suitably at all distances. With monovision, a person uses contacts made for near in one eye and a contacts for near vision in the other eye. The one that sees better for near sight is a little fuzzy for distance and the one that is used for distance will be just a little fuzzy for near sight. Both work as a team to visualize sufficiently at all of the distances.
Multifocal Contact lenses: An additional alternative for presbyopia is multifocal contact lenses which entail have 2 prescriptions in the same lens. There are two types of multifocal contacts. In the first option, two prescriptions are either blended on top of one another, and your visual system is able to determine the proper prescription to utilize at each distance. The other alternative is similar to bifocals. There are two different power segments with a separation line on the lenses.
Eyeglasses Options:
Bifocals: Bifocals are often a more attractive choice than single vision reading glasses if now find yourself needing eyeglasses or contacts for distance. Bifocals correct distance eyesight in the upper part of the lens and rectify near eyesight in the lower part of the lens. In lined bifocals, the line between the two different prescriptions in the lenses is visible. Your sight will appear to jump from far to near with little improvement for intermediate vision. In no line bifocals, the line between prescriptions cannot be seen, allowing for a seamless transition from near to distance vision.
Reading Eyeglasses: People who have never worn eyeglasses or contacts for distance use single vision reading glasses when they initially detect signs of presbyopia. Reading eyeglasses will help you to read in close proximity, but you've got to remove the eye glasses or switch to your distance eyeglasses to see far away.
To get additional help and advice about presbyopia and cataracts treatment options or to arrange a consultation, visit or call Berkeley Eye Center.