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Visual disorders in adulthood: the main causes

Young businesswoman suffering from eyestrain

When you start to see poorly up close or from a distance in persistent way or you have a heavy head or eye discomfort after having read or used the computer for a long time, in most cases the basis is a “refractive defect” (such as myopia, presbyopia or astigmatism) or an as-yet undiagnosed dry eye syndrome. If you are over 60 years old, worsening vision may be related to the cataracts or age-related macular degeneration. In all cases, address immediately to the ophthalmologist helps to avoid discomfort and complications, as well as sometimes to Diagnose diseases that affect other organs or the whole body and that have worsening of vision among their characteristic symptoms. Here are the most common ones .

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