{"id":3011,"date":"2023-10-31T11:16:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T11:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blowclinic.com\/nickmaycock\/?post_type=condition&p=3011"},"modified":"2024-01-04T12:31:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T12:31:10","slug":"presbyopia","status":"publish","type":"condition","link":"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/conditions\/presbyopia","title":{"rendered":"Presbyopia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before the age of 45-50yrs, the eye is a \u2018dynamic\u2019 system that can change its focal point and bring objects into focus at different distances from the eye. <\/span><\/p>\n It does this by spontaneously changing the shape of the human lens inside the eye, a process called accommodation. The eye has two powerful lenses (cornea and human lens) that focus the light onto the retina to allow us to see. When we reach our mid-forties, the lens becomes stiffer and loses the ability to change shape and thus it cannot focus on objects within a 1 metre radius from the eye. This makes the system \u2018static\u2019 and is why we need reading glasses to bring close objects into focus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Surgical treatment for presbyopia may involve treatment to either the cornea (laser eye surgery) or the lens (refractive lens exchange).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3103,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3011","condition","type-condition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n