DISORDER IN SIGHT SENSE

HYPERMETHROPIA ( FARSIGHTEDNESS )

Is a defect of vision caused by an imperfection in the eye that is the image of the object falls

behind yellow spot because eye ball is too short or eye ball is too flat, as the effect eye is only able

to see clearly far objects, while near objects do not appear clearly.

Farsightedness is caused by the eye lens cannot become thick ( convex ) when seeing the

objects at near distance. This is causing difficulty focusing on near objects, and in extreme cases

causing a sufferer to be unable to focus on objects at any distance. As an object moves toward the

eye, the eye must increase its power to keep the image in focus on the retina. If the power of the

cornea and lens is insufficient, as in Hypermethropia, the image will appear blurred.

People with Hypermethropia can experience blurred vision, asthenopia, accommodative

dysfunction, binocular dysfunction, amblyopia, and strabismus.

The causes of Hyperopia / Hypermethropia are typically genetic and involve an eye that is

too short or a cornea that is too flat, so that images focus at a point behind the retina. People with

Hyperopia can usually see distant objects well, but have trouble focusing on nearby objects.

This defect of eye can be helped by using Converge lens which have property to unite light.

Converge lens also called convex lens or positive lens. Convex lens can help the eye lens to focus

the image of the object so it can fall excatly on the retina.

Farsightedness eyes have the Punctum Proximum greater than 25 cm ( PP>25cm ) and the

Punctum Remotum at unlimited. Eye glasses with convex lens used to overcome farsightedness must

have the lens strength according to the following equations

P = 100/x -100/PP or P =100/x – 100/Sn

Where

PP = Sn = punctum proximum of eye ( cm )

x = object distance in front of the eye

 Hypermethropia is helped by convex lens ( positive lens ) like in the following figure

The Distance of lens focus and lens strength which used to repair eye that undergoes

Hypermethropia can be decided based on the flat lens and strength lens formula.

S = The distance of the normally read distance ( 25 cm )

S’= The Near point of eye ( PP )

The basically principle of positive lens is used to move object backward at the normally read of

distance became image in the near point of eye, so eye can see near object clearly.

By XI RSBI

Langsih Yang / 16

Nopia Kusumawati / 19