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What is hyperopia? How would it impact someone's vision?

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Farsightedness (hyperopia)

With normal vision, an image is sharply focused onto the surface of the retina. In farsightedness (hyperopia), your cornea doesn't refract light properly, so the point of focus falls behind the retina. This makes close-up objects appear blurry.

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it's farsightedness and I makes it where you can't see or read things up close very good

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