Can presbyopia be reversed? (C-100438)
28 October 2020
Autumn 2020
Adrian O'Dowd looks at researchers' efforts to treat fading accommodation more effectively now and in the future.
Domains covered
Clinical practice
In 2005, an estimated one billion people were affected by presbyopia globally. This rose to 1.8 billion by 2015, and experts predict a continued climb, peaking at around 2.1 billion in 2030, with the greatest burden in rural areas of low-resource countries (Fricke et al, 2018). Uncorrected presbyopia is considered to be the most common cause of visual impairment in the world (Holden et al, 2015).
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