Let me set the stage with a classic patient presentation. 10 year old patient complains of distance blur at school.  When you ask a few more questions, they also state that sometimes when they are reading they have headaches or blurry vision.  Sometimes they even tell you that their distance vision is blurry after they read (though it is rare for a young...

Hyperopia, or "far sightedness" can be a more difficult concept to grasp than myopia. Myopes need their glasses to see clearly, but it is not that straightforward for hyperopes.  When you think about someone that wears glasses, the classic image is a "Mr. Magoo" type that is bumbling around blind without their glasses. The thing is, hyperopes (in most cases) can see pretty...