Surgical techniques are available for correcting farsightedness but are not often used. The outcome is expected to be good. Farsightedness is a risk factor for chronic glaucoma . Call for an appointment with your health care provider or ophthalmologist if symptoms of farsightedness develop and you have not had an eye examination recently. Also call if vision begins to get worse after you have been diagnosed with farsightedness.
People are very sensitive to other individuals' eye positions.
By looking at another person's eye position, one can very effectively gauge where they are looking. Other more specific medical terms refer to eyes turned either outward or inward, or that are abnormally rotated. Any appearance of crossed eyes in young children should be immediately evaluated, as should recent onset of crossed eyes in an adult. Visual acuity tests may be performed in many different ways. This is a quick way to detect vision problems and is frequently used in schools or for mass screening.