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Yes. Short sightedness (myopia) is an acquired characteristic. The baby may or may not have myopia when he is born, and may acquire long/short sightedness based on lifestyle. If two people lose their arms in an accident, their child won't be born handless. Similar logic applies.
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If you are myopic are you long -sighted or short -sighted?
long-sighted
If you are myopic are you long sighted or short sighted?
long-sighted
What is the difference between long and short sight?
I think that eyes are fat and round and they bounce on the ground
When people are myopic are they long sighted or short sighted?
They're short-sighted. Yes, the term "Myopia" means short sightedness. This means that light entering the eye is focused in front of the retina rather than on it. The opposite term is "Hyperopia" which means long sightedness. This means the light entering the eye is focused behind the retina rather than on it.
What are eyeglasses used for?
They are used to correct issues with sight i.e. long sighted / short sighted
What kind of lenses would a farsighted person need to correct their vision?
Hyperopic, plus powered, or convex lenses.
What is the result of the eye being to short?
An eye that is too short typically results in a condition called Hyperopia, or far-sighted. If the eye is too long, it's called myopia, or near-sighted.
What lenses would you use for short sightedness and long sightedness?
far short sight you can use concave lenses far long sight you can use convex
What word means unable to see clearly?
Opaque, blurry, foggy, etc... Or if you're referring to eyesight, short-sighted, astigmatism, long-sighted, and so on.
How do glasses help short sighted people?
Short sighted people are not helped by lenses or anything else. Except the consequences of their short sightedness. I think you mean near sighted people. The eye is a lens and focal point system. The focal length of the eye can be manipulated by flexing muscles in the eye socket to change the distance between the lens and the back of the eyeball. A near sighted, or even a far sighted, person has an eyeball that is too long or too short for the lens, and therefore the image produced by the eye's lens is focused either in front of or behind the back of the eye. A lens, either in a pair of glasses or a contact lens, can assist the eye by effectively pre-focusing the image that enters the lens of the eye to a sharpness that can be accommodated by the focal length of the malformed eyeball, focusing the image sharply on the back of the eyeball. - wjs1632 -
Why does glasses make your eyes shrink?
Well, the truth is it depends on whether ur short or long sighted if your long sighted then it wont shrink if ur short sighted for some wierd reason it will I'm saying this from experience my whole family is short sighted except for me and all of there eyes became smaller except for mine
What type of lens are used to correct vision problems?
It depends on what the vision 'problem' is. Convex lenses are used to correct short-sighted errors, while concave lenses correct long-sighted problems.
