Anatom3DPresbyopia
Presbyopia · Vetchozrakost (presbyopie)
What it is
The lens stiffens with age and stops focusing up close. Everyone gets it, from about 45.
Symptoms & signs
- Holding text at arm's length
- blur at reading distance
- tired eyes
- worse in dim light
🚩 Get help if…
- call 112 / 911 now Sudden loss of sight or double vision
- see a doctor soon Blurred vision with eye pain, halos around lights or red eye
- see a doctor soon Straight lines that look wavy or a blank spot in the centre
- see a doctor soon Near vision that worsens fast or differs a lot between eyes
Where it strikes
Medical treatment
- Reading glasses
- varifocals
- multifocal contact lenses
- pilocarpine drops (Vuity)
- refractive lens exchange
Natural & lifestyle
- Bright task lighting
- larger type
- breaks from close work
Emerging & experimental
- Corneal inlays
- accommodating intraocular lenses
Alternative, off-label & anecdotal
Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.
- Eye exercises to avoid reading glasses — widely promoted; untested anecdotal / traditional
- Pinhole glasses — sharper near vision, dimmer and narrower anecdotal / traditional
ICD codes
- ICD-10 H52.4
- ICD-11 9D00.3 Presbyopia