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Overview
The gradual loss of your eyes’ capacity to focus on adjacent things is known as presbyopia. It primarily comes in vogue as people grow. Presbyopia usually appears in early to mid-’40s and worsens until the person reaches the age of 65. As already mentioned, presbyopia is a normal aspect of growing older and is a condition that develops over time.
What Are the Symptoms?
Presbyopia develops over time. After the age of 40, you may notice the following indications and symptoms:
- Need to hold reading materials farther away from your face, to see the material more clearly,
- Your eyesight might be blurred,
- You may experience headaches and asthenopia (eye strain: possible pain in or around the eyes) after reading or using computer screens for a long period.
If those issues interfere with your normal routine then it may be a note for you to apply to a doctor to avoid further problems and serious eye conditions. Although presbyopia isn’t treatable, there are numerous ways to improve your eyesight. For instance, currently, contact lenses, especially multifocal contact lenses are highly recommended and strongly improve the quality of the eyes.
Multifocal Contact Lenses
Multifocal contact lenses come in a variety of lens powers and are designed to target vision at various distances. In general, they are contact lenses that combine different prescriptions into a single lens. Multifocal contact lenses aid patients with presbyopia in correcting age-related vision issues such as the inability of the eye to focus on objects up close.
Types
Multifocal contact lenses are often classified into 2 types due to their design differences: segmented designs and simultaneous vision designs.
Segmented Design: The middle and top portions of these rigid gas permeable multifocal lenses contain the required power for viewing far objects, while the lower section of the lens contains increased magnifying power for viewing near things, similar to bifocal and trifocal eyeglasses.
Simultaneous Vision Design: Specific portions of the lens are designed for distant and near (and sometimes intermediate) viewing in these multifocal contact lenses. The wearer’s eye uses the region(s) of the lens that provides the sharpest vision depending on the object being viewed. Simultaneous designs, in turn, are divided into 2 categories: concentric (in these multifocal contacts a primary viewing zone in the center of the lens is encircled by concentric rings of near and distance powers) and aspheric (aspheric multifocal lenses are similar to the concentric, however, the multifocal lens power progressively shifts from distance to close (or close to distance) from the center to the periphery of the lens).
How to Choose the Multifocal Lenses for an Individual Case
Choosing the best treatment for every individual case requires a lot of research, understanding of specific cases, effort, and energy. Believe it or not, multifocal contacts preferences mainly depend on the benefits they offer, e.g.:
- Improved eyesight and sharp, natural vision for varying distances from near to far,
- Outstanding depth perception,
- It’s quite practical and doesn’t almost require extra glasses,
- Light adaptation period,
- Decreased need for glasses
Interested in Regaining Your Vision?
Although presbyopia is a common issue as you age, multifocal contacts, for example, might be good alternative therapy options for their improvement. If you have presbyopia and want to overcome it as soon as possible, make sure to apply to medical intervention and try your first multifocal contact lenses. They will surely come in handy as you still want to experience all the beauty of life and surroundings, and your age is not an excuse to miss out on it.
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