Aphakia is a condition that involves not having an eye lens. The lens of your eye is a clear, flexible structure that allows your eye to focus. This condition is most common in adults with cataracts, but it can also affect infants and children.

What does an Aphakic person see?

If you have aphakia, your ability to focus is impaired and you will have difficulty seeing. People with aphakia have defective vision and suffer from hypermetropia, or long sightedness. While the term long sightedness may seem like it means the ability to see long distances, it does not.

Can aphakia be corrected?

Treatment. Aphakia can be corrected by wearing glasses, contact lenses, artificial lens implantation, or refractive corneal surgeries. Eye with artificial lenses are described as "pseudophakic".