Those with hyperopia, or farsightedness, report difficulty seeing objects up close. In normal vision, light is properly focused through the cornea and lens to form sharp images on the retina. The retina, the "film" of the eye, transmits these sharp images to the brain. In hyperopia, the images are focused behind rather than directly on the retina.

This is because the cornea is too flat relative to the length of the eye. This results in blurry near vision. The eye is able to compensate in these situations to allow your distance vision to remain sharp, hence the term "farsightedness."

Young eyes can often adjust the focusing power of the internal lens of the eye to compensate for this condition early on. That is why the condition often does not present until later on in life.

Hyperopia is different from presbyopia, the difficulty people have seeing up close after the age of 40.

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