Contact Lenses And The Over 40's
By By Lorna Mclaren
The over-40s crowd are suffering from discovering that their arms are growing shorter as words become increasingly more difficult to read up close and they must hold small items at arms length to be able to see them properly
This is obviously an eye complaint and is called presbyopia. This condition occurs as the eye gradually loses its ability to focus on objects close at hand. The problem,at first, may only occur in dim lighting situations such as in restaurants or other poorly lit rooms. Over time it will worsen until it is impossible to read or to carry out close work at all.
Fortunately for this generation of the over 40s or baby boomers they have more choice that ever before when it come to correcting their vision.
Reading glasses remain a popular