Thread: Troubleshooting Blurry Vision After Reading?
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Old 02-08-2011, 04:32 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by elsussman View Post
this is an age related phenomenon. I am 64 and find that after extended periods of reading either on my blackberry or even in a paper book when I look up to focus on something further away like the TV at the other side of the room things are blurry for awhile. I am an MD but not ophthalmologist and my understanding is that as you age the lens becomes stiffer and takes longer to accommodate from near to far vision and vice versa
Yep, presbyopia. Finally got me in my early 50s and the reason I'm now wearing glasses. Reading wasn't really a problem, nor was distance vision -- but switching between the two was increasingly problematic. I often read while having a ballgame on TV, and had problems focusing when looking up from my (e)book to check a score or ticker.
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