There are a couple potential causes of this change in your eye sight. But how do you know what it is? should you be worried? and most important, should you see the eye doctor?

If this change in vision seemed to have occurred in your early 40's, you are noticing the beginning signs of presbyopia. If you had great eyesight your entire life, and all of a sudden that dinner menu or newspaper is getting a little fuzzy, you can relax. There is nothing wrong with your eyes. Welcome to the presbyopia club.

Presbyopia is an effect of the lens inside your eye becoming more dense. This lens, known as the crystalline lens, is responsible for focusing from distance to near. It accomplishes this feat by adjusting shape. In order to do this, it must remain extremely flexible. So what actually happens as we approach 40 is the lens has grown so dense, that it can no longer flex to accommodate our near vision adequately. This happens to most everybody right around the age of 40 years or better.

Presbyopia can be addressed in many ways. The most basic form of correction is with reading glasses. Simply slipping on a pair of readers will fix your near vision. However, don't expect to see anything in the distance if you are wearing reading glasses, unless they are bifocals or prescription progressive lenses.

an alternative means of correcting presbyopia is with contact lenses. Lenses can be fit in many ways. One widely used fitting style is referred to as mono-vision; where one eye is corrected for distance vision and the other for near. Multifocal contact lenses can also be employed for a more progressive range of vision.

There are even some surgeries being tested to correct your presbyopia. Conductive Kerotoplasty is the most common and widely used corneal refractive surgery used for presbyopia.

If you are having trouble with your near vision but you are not approaching forty years of age it something different entirely. Most likely you are farsighted, also known as hyperopia. In essence your eye, from the surface of the cornea to the retina, is too short and light rays do not come to a crisp focus. in theory, they focus behind the eye. Thanks to the crystalline lens, young people who are mildly hyperopic usually don't even realize it until later in life.. However, uncorrected farsightedness can lead to headaches and eye strain.

What about that doctors appointment, should you go? Of course you should! While every symptom explained in this article is strictly refractive and is not cause for major concern; only your eye care provider can be entirely certain that your eyes are healthy. Your vision is only part of the story, your eye exam is critical to your overall health.

This information is brought to you by Gordon Kaye; a person who has presbyopic eyes. He recently accepted his vision. After years of denial, Gordon has put together http://www.eyeonpresbyopia.com to keep himself and other presbyopic folks in the know when it comes to their near vision.

- Gordon Kaye