What is longsightedness?

Longsightedness, or farsightedness, is a vision problem that affects the ability to see close-up objects. People who are longsighted can usually see distant objects clearly, but nearby objects appear blurred.

How do members experience longsightedness?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with longsightedness*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for longsightedness*

Who has longsightedness on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 14
40s 14
50s 13
60s 15
70+ 2

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 19
Female 39

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What is longsightedness?

Longsightedness, or farsightedness, is a vision problem that affects the ability to see close-up objects. People who are longsighted can usually see distant objects clearly, but nearby objects appear blurred.



Common symptoms reported by people with longsightedness

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for longsightedness

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Compare treatments taken by people with longsightedness

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have longsightedness through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with longsightedness? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has longsightedness on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 22 say longsightedness is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 14
40s 14
50s 13
60s 15
70+ 2
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 17
20-29 years 6
30-39 years 3
40-49 years 5
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 19
Female 39

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 33
Not Diagnosed 7

These charts show data from longsightedness patients who have completed their condition history
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