Myopia, aka nearsightedness, is extraordinarily frequent and might begin in childhood or younger adults. Over time it will probably result in early-onset cataract, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. MedPageToday has an eye-opening article on remedies that may stop myopia development and problems. For instance:

Widespread evidence-based remedies that provide each statistically important and clinically significant efficacies embody daytime multifocal comfortable contact lenses (MFSCL), in a single day orthokeratology (ortho-k), and topical low dose atropine (LDA). Novel spectacle lenses additionally confirmed a promising myopia-inhibiting impact, albeit with restricted availability in U.S. on the present second. On common, these choices gradual myopia development by 30-70% in comparison with standard single imaginative and prescient glasses or contacts. With correctly chosen early interventions, not solely the event of myopia stabilizes at youthful ages, the endpoint of the development can be a lot decrease, leading to considerably decrease threat of problems. Moreover, with decrease stage of myopia at stabilization, many myopic sufferers may very well be good candidates for refractive surgical procedure with given corneal thickness.

I get the impression from the article than remedies must be began in childhood.

Steve Parker, M.D.