Hipermetropía is an upheaval of the vision that allows to see well and clearly the distant objects, but that causes a great difficulty to see the near objects that they are perceived blurred.
It is a frequent problem and one calculates that between adults 3 of each 10 usually they have it and more or less one of each 5 children presents/displays this or another problem of visual sharpness, reason why is important to take care of them on time to avoid learning problems to them.
Hipermetropía must to that the ocular globe is shorter of normal between the front and the later part what causes that the light rays focus in a point behind the retina and with little precision.
This problem also can be caused by the lack of a suitable curvature in the cornea or the crystalline.
This upheaval can be congenital and hereditary and it is not easy to identify it without studies, because the crystalline is flexible and can accommodate to the center of the retina hiding the problem.
The problem is that the constant and excessive operation of the muscles that cause that the cristlino adopts unacurvatura mauro can produce ardor and pain in the eyes, headache, tires or blurred vision, that is become serious after reading or working.
The people who suffer hipermetropía, sooner or later are going to require of the use of convex lenses, since with the age, the crystalline becomes less elastic.
The convex lenses, are heavier in the center that in the edges which aid to forwards move the visual center, towards the surface of the retina.
Another used treatment every time most frequently is the refracting surgery, that can be made from the 18 years.
In order to diagnose it, the optometrista ophtalmologist or makes the test of visual sharpness using the record of Snellen, that contains diverse size of letter and that when reading they allow them to establish the visual problem. They are complemented with the test of several lenses to choose the suitable one to the necessities of each person. He is very recommendable to apply the test with the record to all the children and children in scholastic age, so that if they have some visual problem east does not interfere in its learning.