I had a patient about 30 years old come into the office today. He told me his vision was changing. The patient was found to have astigmatism and nearsightedness. The first question out of the patient was whether his vision problem was caused by aging. I told him it was probably due to the type of close-up work he was doing.

Usually, aging problems equate with not being able to see clearly with the same prescription for reading and distance. This usually starts in the late 30's to early 40's.