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Hypermetropia: Definition and Etymology

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What is the type of hypermetropia that can be corrected by a patient's accommodative effort?

Facultative hypermetropia (correct)

Latent hypermetropia

Absolute hypermetropia

Manifest hypermetropia

What is the normal age variation of hypermetropia at birth?

+4+5D

+2+3D (correct)

+5+6D

+1+2D

What is the principal symptom of hypermetropia?

Blurring of vision for close work (correct)

Tiredness

Blurring of vision for distance

Frontal headache

What is the result of sustained accommodation in asthenopia?

Symptoms increase Signup and view all the answers

What is the refractive error in defective vision with asthenopia?

More than 4D Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of the eyeball in hypermetropia?

Small or normal in size Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the term 'hypermetropia'?

In excess of the measure of the eye Signup and view all the answers

What is the refractive state of the eye in hypermetropia?

Parallel rays of light are focused behind the retina Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of axial shortening of the eyeball by 1mm?

3D of hypermetropia Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a 1mm increase in the radius of curvature of the cornea?

6D of hypermetropia Signup and view all the answers

What is the type of hypermetropia that results from paralysis of accommodation?

Functional hypermetropia Signup and view all the answers

What is the total amount of refractive error estimated after complete cycloplegia with atropine?

Total hypermetropia Signup and view all the answers