The eye
Your eyes determine how you see the world. Sometimes sharp, sometimes blurry. Not seeing sharply is caused by various eye defects. The eye shape can be too long, too short or distorted. As a result, the light does not fall directly on the retina.
The ideal eye
The eye has one really important function. To transmit a sharp image of everything you see. Your eye does this very cleverly through ultimate teamwork of the cornea, the length of the eye and natural lens. In a normal eye, these building blocks are fully aligned. If not, then you have a refractive error. You do not see sharply. The best-known refractive errors are minus strength, plus strength and a cylinder deviation.
Strength deviations
Myopia (-)
The cornea is steeper than normal. Light falls in front of the retina. Far vision is not sharp. You have a minus strength.
Farsightedness (+)
The cornea is too flat. Light falls behind the retina. Close vision is not sharp. You have a plus strength.
Cylinder deviation (diopter)
The cornea is not exactly everywhere as convex as a football, but oval-shaped. There are 2 focal points on the retina instead of 1 in a normal eye. The entire image is not sharp at the same time. The eye needs 2 different strengths in the distance.
Presbyopia (+)
The eye lens ages and becomes stiffer. Reading at close range becomes more difficult and adjusting to distance or near takes more time
Eye disorders
Cataract
Cataract is the clouding of your natural eye lens due to aging. The clouding occurs when proteins in your natural eye lens clump together. As a result, light no longer passes through the lens properly, causing you to see less well.
Macular degeneration
The most common cause of poor vision among the elderly is macular degeneration. This is when cells in the central part of your retina die. It is therefore also called retinal wear and tear.
Keratoconus
Keratoconus is an eye condition in which the cornea becomes thinner, protruding and has a cylindrical deviation. It almost always affects both eyes and in extreme cases can lead to poor vision.
Dry eyes
Dry eyes are a common eye condition that can cause fluctuating vision (alternating between blurry and clear vision), redness, and irritation of the surface of the eye.
Floating floats
Floaters (also known as floaters) are the small dark lines, spots, threads, spiders, clouds, etc. that can appear in the eye.
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