How Do Middle-aged And Elderly People Buy Reading Glasses?

As a person gets older, many senses will deteriorate, such as presbyopia. Once an elderly person has presbyopia, it will be very difficult to look at the surrounding things, and daily life will be affected. So the top priority is to have a pair of reading glasses. But choosing a suitable pair of reading glasses will be more reliable than buying expensive reading glasses blindly. In this regard, some people ask how old people buy reading glasses?

Multifocal progressive glasses are tailor-made for every elderly person. In fact, most presbyopia are not simply presbyopia, they usually have refractive errors such as nearsightedness, hyperopia or astigmatism at the same time. The traditional reading glasses that are generally used are often mass-produced, with the same power of both eyes and a fixed interpupillary distance, which can no longer meet the eye needs of elderly friends. Especially for friends who have myopia and symptoms of aging eyes, they can only prepare a pair of reading glasses and a pair of myopia, which causes a lot of inconvenience to life. And multifocal prescription glasses can reduce the trouble of wearing two pairs of glasses.

So how do the elderly buy reading glasses?

1. Once Dazzled, You Can Get Glasses.

Many elderly people will resist wearing glasses when they see things blurry, so they will not wear glasses. If the vision is blurred for a long time, it may also cause dizziness and swelling. Therefore, when the elderly have blurred vision, they must choose adjustable focus reading glasses as soon as possible.

2. Check Before Fitting Glasses.

The elderly must not buy reading glasses at will. The elderly must do a comprehensive examination before buying glasses, including distance vision, near vision, intraocular pressure and fundus examination. Cataracts, glaucoma and some fundus diseases must be ruled out before optometry can determine the degree, and then choose custom reading glasses or non prescription bifocal reading glasses according to your eye conditions.

Most of the inexpensive reading glasses on the street stalls have quality problems. If the elderly wear glasses with quality problems for a long time, they will naturally cause damage to the eyes and aggravate eye diseases.

3. Replace Immediately. 

The degree of presbyopia will also deepen with age, so the elderly should pay more attention to the comfort of presbyopia, and if it is found to be inappropriate, it must be replaced immediately. In addition, multifocal eyeglass lenses will also have a certain life span, such as scratches, aging, and blurred vision.

4. Wear It When Needed.

Presbyopia is characterized by clear vision of distant objects and blurred near objects. Therefore, the elderly only need to wear focus adjustable eyeglasses when they are looking close, and it is best not to wear them when they are not needed.

5. Reading Glasses with Anti-blue Light Function.

The glasses of the elderly are relatively strict, and generally need to be equipped with anti-blue light function, which can protect the glasses and prevent senile eye disease. Anti blue light reading glasses are the most popular styles on the market.