Which of the following statements for persons suffering from presbyopia is/are correct?
1. They cannot distinguish colours.
2. It usually develops with ageing.
3. They wear either bi-focal lenses consisting of both concave and convex lenses or progressive lenses.
Select the answer using the code given below :
- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.1 and 3
- D.2 and 3
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Presbyopia is an age-related loss of near focusing, and it is corrected with bifocal or progressive lenses. With age the ciliary muscles weaken and the eye lens loses its flexibility, so the power of accommodation falls and the near point moves away.
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