The aim of myopia management is to slow down the progression of myopia in children and young adults, by treating the trigger that makes the eyeball grow.
Myopia is traditionally corrected with standard spectacles or contact lenses by using the lenses to focus light rays on the macula to give clear distance vision. The issue with this is that light rays focus behind the retina – this is called relative peripheral hyperopic defocus.
Extensive research has shown that this peripheral defocus stimulates the eyeball to elongate, thus causing myopic progression.
Myopia is traditionally corrected with standard spectacles or contact lenses by using the lenses to focus light rays on the macula to give clear distance vision. The issue with this is that light rays focus behind the retina – this is called relative peripheral hyperopic defocus.
Extensive research has shown that this peripheral defocus stimulates the eyeball to elongate, thus causing myopic progression.
Myopia (short-sightedness) is the inability to see things clearly unless they’re relatively close to your eyes. Also called shortsightedness or nearsightedness, myopia is the most common refractive error among children and young adults.
Distant objects and your driving vision will be blurry if you have myopia, but you still will be able to see nearby objects clearly. This is why the condition is also called “short-sightedness.” Myopia typically starts to develop during childhood and can progress gradually or rapidly. The most common symptoms of myopia are squinting, eye strain, fatigue, and headaches.
Aside from the inconvenience of having to wear spectacles or contact lenses to correct your vision, myopes are more likely to develop potentially sight-threatening disorders such as retinal detachment, glaucoma, and myopic macula degeneration. The risk of developing these conditions increases the more myopic you are.
Aside from the inconvenience of having to wear spectacles or contact lenses to correct your vision, myopes are more likely to develop potentially sight-threatening disorders such as retinal detachment, glaucoma, and myopic macula degeneration. The risk of developing these conditions increases the more myopic you are.
