Presbyopia

TREAT Presbyopia, Aging Eyes at Optometry Clinic in Boise, ID

There are so many wonderful things to enjoy about life in your later years. This is especially true if you’re able to be as healthy as possible during those years, and that includes having healthy eyes. At Clear Eye Total Eye Care near Meridian, Idaho, Dr. Blake Bingham is happy to help older clients protect their eyesight in order to see clearly.


This protection relies on routine, comprehensive eye exams in the capable hands of our optometrist. With the state-of-the-art technology that Dr. Bingham uses at Clear Eye Total Eye Care, his experience and tools combine to give you the best possible affordable eye care services with or without insurance.


Our team is aware that many of our patients who have retired may not have vision insurance plans and may be on a fixed income, so we offer free, in-house vision plans for eye exams and eye wear purchases as part of our efforts to keep eye care costs low.

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FARSIGHTEDNESS and Common Age-Related Eye Diseases, Disorders

Some of the most common age-related eye conditions show themselves through vision that is blurry up close. When being farsighted is not linked with age, it’s called hyperopia. When it occurs in aging eyes, however, it’s called presbyopia. This is because the causes of the farsightedness are different even if symptoms appear the same.


Presbyopia is caused by inelasticity of the lens in the eye. The lens is constantly being adjusted by a muscle (called the ciliary body), in response to changes in focal distances. When the lens is less able to adjust its shape to compensate for viewing at different distances, blurry vision occurs. This is especially noticeable when doing activities that are up close, like reading or checking your phone.


As mentioned before, regular eye treatment is an essential key to maintain eye health. This is, in part, because many common eye diseases share the same initial symptoms, but their treatments will vary based on the root cause. Conditions like those listed below, and many more, may all start with the similar symptoms:



Whatever the cause of your declining eyesight, Dr. Bingham and the team at Clear Eye Total Eye Care are prepared to help. After an affordable eye exam, our optician can show you options for vision correction by helping with choosing, buying, and adjusting new eyeglasses, or ordering the type of prescription contact lenses best suited for your condition. All of this is made more affordable by our vision plans designed to help those who need an eye doctor but are without vision insurance.

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Please don’t wait any longer to take control of your eye health.


You can schedule your eye exam online, and unlike many other optometrist’s offices, we offer same-day and walk-in eye appointments, and encourage you to call (208) 629-8326 or come visit us today. Dr. Blake Bingham at Clear Eye Total Eye Care is a terrific resource to Boise, Meridian, and Eagle residents as an eye doctor who very much cares about his patients