title: Presbyopia.
abstract: The need for bifocals causes more angst, fear, depression, denial, searching for alternatives, and needless self-pity than any other benign intervention in all of medicine. To many, this is the first sign they are on the other side of the hill of life. I will try to explain, with a minimum of numbers and equations, what presbyopia is and how it is managed (and perhaps even cured in the near future) in an understandable way. I will also present a few clinical situations which the primary care physician often meets. I suspect many of you are already wearing bifocals or are delaying the acquisition of them.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmic Associates of Johnstown, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mucciola
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*