What Is Myopia?

Myopia is a common eye condition that is often referred to as nearsightedness. Eye myopia occurs in about 1/3 of the population but is easily treated. People with eye myopia have difficulty seeing objects that are at a distance such as road signs, but have no problems with close up tasks such as reading.

Myopia Treatment

Myopia treatment can include eyeglasses, contact lenses, or laser eye surgery. Eye myopia is easy to treat and depending on your vision problem, you may need to wear contact lenses or eye glasses all the time or just for distance vision.

Laser eye surgery can also be used to treat eye myopia and can reduce or even eliminate the need for eye glasses or contact lenses. The most common laser eye surgery carried out is PRK or lasik eye surgery and your eye care specialist can advice on these procedures.

Eye Myopia Signs and Symptoms

If you suffer from eye myopia you will most like have recurring headaches or eyestrain. You may also find that you tend to squint or feel tired when driving or playing sports.

If you already wear eye glasses or contact lenses and you experience these symptoms, it may be necessary to have your prescription reviewed.

Causes Of Eye Myopia

Eye myopia is caused when the eyeball is slightly longer from front to back. This causes light rays to focus at a point in front of the retina instead of directly on the retinas surface.

Eye myopia is hereditary and will usually appear during childhood. This vision problem can deteriorate with age or stabilize when it reaches a certain point.

There is a non surgical procedure that can be used to correct eye myopia and this is called orthokeratology. This procedure involves the use of special contact lenses that help to slowly reshape the cornea. Overtime these contact lenses also correct eye myopia.

When these contact lenses are removed the cornea will temporarily retain its new shape allowing you to see clearly without the contact lenses.

Normal practice for orthokeratology is to wear these special contact lenses at night time so that you will have vision during the day time without the need for eye glasses or contact lenses.

 
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