Complications of hyperopia
Hyperopia or farsightedness have a low complication
Accommodative squint
In cases of hyperopia without appropriate correction may lead to accommodative squints specially in children younger than three years old.
Amblyopia
It is a common complication of hyperopia, especially in uncorrected patients for long time. Amblyopia can be treated with full refraction correction.
Angle-closure glaucoma
Hyperopia is a common risk factor for angle glaucoma and cataract.
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Anterior ischemic neuropathy causes a sudden visual loss. Patients with hyperopia have a risk factor to develop this condition especially in patients older than fifty years.
Macular degeneration
Macular degeneration is a serious complication specially in old patients with high degree hyperopia.
Uveal effusion syndrome
There is increasing risk to develop uveal effusion syndrome in patients with hyperopia with posterior microphthalmos. In a study by R. Zor et al. to study the ocular findings in posterior microphthalmos patients, they founded that male patient with age range from ten-year-old to twenty-five-year-old with shorter posterior chambre and high degree of hyperopia, have a higher incidence of uveal effusion syndrome.
Retinal vein occlusion
Recent studies founded that short axial length of the eye and short posterior segment as in hyperopia patients are a predisposing factor for retinal vein occlusions.
