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How to Manage the Risks of High Myopia


How should we manage high myopia?

Children and adults with high myopia need special consideration of their optical correction, myopia control and ocular health management.

What Are the Risks of High Myopia? | MiSight® 1 day

Unfortunately, people who have extremely high myopia also have increased risk of developing sight threatening complications, usually later in life.1. Why is ...

High myopia. Causes, symptoms and treatment - ICR

This results in blurred vision at far distances and a significant decrease in visual acuity. We speak of high myopia when a patient has more ...

Myopia (Nearsightedness): Causes, Symptoms &Treatment

These complications can lead to loss of sight. Regular eye exams are important for everyone but are especially if you have high myopia or pathologic myopia.

High Myopia Treatment | Stanford Health Care

Patients with early-stage high myopia receive prescriptions for glasses or contact lenses to relieve their blurred vision. Laser eye surgery is also a ...

How to Manage the Risks of High Myopia - KE - Eye Centers of Texas

For patients with high myopia, there are many ways to mitigate the risks of the condition. Corrective techniques such as bifocal lenses, ...

Squinting? Headaches? How to spot and treat high myopia ...

While having high myopia does increase the risk of eye conditions and vision loss, getting proper treatment from a pediatric ophthalmologist ...

Managing Highly Myopic Children - Review of Myopia Management

In children with or at risk of developing high myopia, a higher concentration (0.5%) was effective.13 Low-dose atropine combined with OrthoK or ...

Editorial: Advances in Management and Treatment of High Myopia ...

Recently, a novel approach to target the sclera by weakening, thinning, and expanding the sclera via scleral collagen cross-linking (SXL) have been proposed to ...

Myopia and pathological myopia - RNIB

The higher your level of myopia is, the higher the risk of developing eye conditions associated with myopia and pathological myopia. If your retina has been ...

The Risks of High Myopia - Eye Care Center of Colorado Springs

High myopia describes the condition of being severely nearsighted. Severe cases of myopia can drastically affect your quality of life and ...

What Is High Myopia? | Dr. Taylor Bladh, O.D.

If left untreated, myopia often continues worsening as eyes become more elongated. This can lead to thinning of the retina and other structural ...

Dangers of High Myopia

Although myopia-related eye diseases such as retinal detachment, cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration occur typically in patients over ...

Pathologic Myopia Prevention Requires Axial Slowing Treatment

A meta-analysis of 24 studies from 11 countries (N=514,265) revealed a higher risk of developing glaucoma among individuals with high myopia.

Can High Myopia Be Corrected? Richmond Hill Individual Eyes

Correction and Treatment of High Myopia · Refractive Surgery · Orthokeratology · Intraocular Lenses · Atropine Eye Drops · MiyoSmart lenses.

High myopia and its risks - PMC - PubMed Central

High myopia increases the risk of blinding eye conditions, so regular follow-up is essential. · Glaucoma. · Cataract · Retinal detachment. · Myopic macular ...

Myopia | Retinal Diseases | Eye Conditions - Shiley Eye Institute

Diopters indicate refractive strength and are the unit used to measure glasses and contact lens prescriptions. High myopia increases the risk of many eye ...

What Is High Myopia? | Los Angeles, CA - Pacific Eyecare Optometry

Because of the shape of an eye with myopia, those with high myopia are at a higher risk of vision-impairing eye conditions, such as: Retinal ...

High Myopia and Associated Retinal Complications

Pulling from the vitreous gel tugs on the retina, resulting in higher risk of macular holes, vision distortion, and peripheral breaks. Most of ...

Nearsightedness: What Is Myopia?

These drops stop or slow the progression of nearsightedness in 80 percent (8 out of 10) of children. Side effects of atropine drops at low doses ...