View Through Normal and Nearsighted Eye

Source: National Eye Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health. Available online: http://www.nei.nih.gov If you are nearsighted, objects in the distance appear blurry and out of focus.

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View Through Normal and Nearsighted Eye

View through normal eye compared to nearsighted eye

Source: National Eye Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health. Available online: http://www.nei.nih.gov

If you are nearsighted, objects in the distance appear blurry and out of focus.

Current as ofMay 5, 2019

Author: Healthwise Staff
Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Christopher Joseph Rudnisky, MD, MPH, FRCSC - Ophthalmology

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