Hyperopia is a refractive error. Hyperopia occurs when the eyeball is too short. The reduced length means the point of focus lies beyond the back wall of the eye, and light rays are not yet in focus when they arrive at the retina.

Hyperopic or farsighted people generally can see distant objects clearly, but near objects are out of focus. In more severe cases of hyperopia, even distant objects can be blurred.

• Hyperopia usually exists in infancy – as the child grows, so does the size of the eye. Most children lose much of their hyperopia by the time they are teenagers.




• Despite having hyperopia, most children can see well at all distances because the accommodation provided by the lens is enough to counteract minor refractive errors.