Prognosis of hyperopia

Hyperopia can compromise the patient quality of life and can decrease the ability of learning specially in children. In patients with mild hyperopia the accommodation can balance the refraction error and the patient would not complaint of any symptoms.
There are a few good prognostic key elements that can predicts a good prognosis. From these factors
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- Early diagnosis of hyperopia
- Starting treatment as early as possible especially in school age children
On the other hand, some factors could be contributed to the bad prognosis of hyperopia as associated other systemic conditions e.g., microphthalmos