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Article: Farsightedness
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Farsightedness
What Is Farsightedness?
How Do Doctors Diagnose and Treat Farsightedness?
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Farsightedness is an eye disorder that causes objects that are close to a person to appear out of focus or blurry, while objects at a distance may seem clear.
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Hyperopia
Ophthalmology
Optometry
Vision
To people with farsightedness, the words on this page would seem blurry, unless they were wearing prescription (pre-SKRIP-shun) eyeglasses or contact lenses designed to correct the problem. But if they looked up from the page to read a sign across the room, they probably could read it easily.
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