Longsightedness
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- help each other live better and uncover the best ways to manage your health today
- help researchers shorten the path to new treatments tomorrow
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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
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
- 20 say longsightedness is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 3 | |
| 30s | 2 | |
| 40s | 5 | |
| 50s | 10 | |
| 60s | 1 | |
| 70+ | 13 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 4 | |
| 20-29 years | 1 | |
| 30-39 years | 4 | |
| 40-49 years | 3 | |
| 50-59 years | 1 | |
| 60-69 years | 3 | |
| 70+ years | 3 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 17 | |
| Female | 40 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 34 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 7 |