Ottica Wolf

Vision: refractive errors and eye complaints

Myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia, astigmatism, dry eye and floaters: what the symptoms mean, what can be done about them, and when it is time for a check-up.

Eye test

An eye test measures how well and how comfortably you see at every distance, identifies refractive errors and checks that both eyes are working together efficiently.

Myopia

With myopia — short-sightedness — distant objects look blurred: the image comes into focus in front of the retina, usually because the eye is longer than average.

Hyperopia

With hyperopia — long-sightedness — the focus falls behind the retina. The eye can compensate by focusing harder, but that constant effort tires the vision.

Presbyopia

With age the crystalline lens loses elasticity and focusing up close becomes an effort. It is a natural process, it happens to everyone, and it usually starts around forty.

Astigmatism

Astigmatism distorts and blurs vision at every distance: the cornea is not perfectly spherical, so light rays do not converge on a single point.

Dry eye

Burning, redness and a gritty feeling: dry eye comes from a tear film that is either insufficient or of altered quality.

Floaters

Floaters are small shadows drifting across the field of view: threads, dots or cobwebs that move as the eye moves.