Common Vision Problems
We’re on call 24/7 in a crisis, but we are also here for you when routine vision problems get in the way of living your best life.
Do you feel that you are not seeing clearly? Is your vision changing as you age? Most patients come to us with very common vision problems. As experienced optometrists, we have a long track record correcting vision problems such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and more.
At Focused Eye Care, we're optometrists first. Much of our practice is dedicated to helping you overcome common vision problems to see better.
Most people come to see us for one of these very common vision problems:
Astigmatism is a condition where the eye, particularly the cornea, isn’t perfectly round and is shaped more like a football. The shape causes light to bend unevenly, resulting in blurry or wavy vision. Astigmatism often occurs with nearsightedness or farsightedness and is easily corrected with glasses or contacts.
Eye coordination is the ability of both eyes to work together as a team, blending slightly different images from each eye into one three-dimensional picture. Inadequate vision development or improperly developed eye muscle control can interfere with eye coordination and create problems such as double vision, headaches, fatigue, dizziness, and difficulty reading. Your Focused Eye Care optometrist can diagnose and treat poor eye coordination with eyeglasses and/or vision therapy.
When your eyeball is shortened or your cornea or lens are slightly misshapen, light focuses behind the retina instead of on it. The result is that nearby objects look blurry – a condition known as farsightedness. Common symptoms include difficulty seeing up close, eye strain, and headaches, particularly when reading. An eye exam will reveal farsightedness, and it is readily corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses.
Nearsightedness happens when your eyeball grows too long from front to back, or your cornea or lens are slightly misshapen so light focuses in front of the retina instead of on it. The result is that far-away objects look blurry. If you have trouble seeing things that are far away, need to squint to see clearly, or experience eye strain, come to Focused Eye Care for an exam. Glasses or contact lenses will correct nearsightedness.
As you age, the lens in your eye gets harder and less flexible, and it stops focusing light correctly on the retina. This makes nearby objects look blurry. Common symptoms include trouble seeing things up close, needing to hold reading materials farther away to focus on them, eye strain and headache. Presbyopia is a normal part of aging and is typically treated with corrective reading glasses, contact lenses, bifocals, and no-line progressive addition lenses.
