Myopia Management: (near-sightedness)
Does your child’s prescription get worse every year?
If so, your child is not alone. Not only is increasing myopia annoying, it is a serious risk to your child’s vision. It increases their risk for cataracts, myopic macular degeneration, glaucoma and retinal detachments. The higher the prescription, the greater the risk of sight-threatening complications.
The good news is that now there are effective treatments to slow the progression of myopia, reducing the risk for permanent vision loss in adulthood.
Myopia Management refers to special treatments consisting of certain specialty contact lenses or nighttime eye drops that have been shown to effectively slow down the progression of myopia. Glasses and traditional contacts simply allow your child to see clearly until their prescription changes again. Myopia Management slows, or sometimes even halts, the progression of myopia. By keeping your child’s prescription minimal, their risk of sight-threatening complications are dramatically reduced.
Myopia, more commonly known as near-sightedness, is the inability to see clearly at distance. This occurs when the eye grows too long causing light to focus in front of the retina. This typically begins in childhood and progresses through the late teens or twenties.
Myopia is linked to two factors: Lifestyle and Genetics. Children who have one or both parents that are nearsighted are more likely to develop myopia. Lifestyle factors such as screen time and limited time spent outdoors are also linked to myopia development in children.
For optimal results, Myopia Management should be started as soon as possible.
Our office uses MiSight contact lenses:
OR: Atropine eye drops for the treatment of Myopia
