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Myopia Management

Does your child’s vision keep getting worse each year? Have you ever wondered if there’s anything you can do to help your child from having a very high prescription in the future? At View Optometry, we offer myopia management services. We will look for different risk factors such as family history or trends in how the child’s vision has been changing over the years.

We now have the MYAH which is a brand new instrument in our office that will help us with our myopia management program (more on that later).

A big reason we got this equipment is for it's ability to measure axial length.


What is myopia management and why is axial length measurement important?

First of all we need to explain what myopia is... Myopia is sometimes called being nearsighted or short sighted, it means it's easier to see things closer than far away. When you have myopia your eye is longer than a typical eye. This means that the image of what you see focuses in front of the retina. An optometrist would then prescribe glasses or contacts to move the image further back so it lands on the retina and your vision is clear.

Over time as your eye gets longer your prescription gets stronger. A longer eye puts more stress on the retina which can also turn into long term medical problems for people who are highly myopic.

In children measuring axial length is especially important. If the eye is starting to get too long and vision is getting blurry it is time to start Myopia Management. Our goal in Myopia Management is to slow the lengthening of the eye and reduce the change in prescription. This is why we need a critical measurement called the 'Axial Length'.

We plan to offer this service for all children's exams. Knowing a baseline measurement is extremely important for monitoring changes in the future.

 

Even if your child isn't due for their exam yet and you want to have them in to get this measurement done, feel free to book an 'axial length measurement exam' with our lovely assistants today!


How common is myopia?

In short, very common. Approximately 50% of the world’s population (and up to 90% in some Asian countries) are myopic. Studies have shown that the prevalence of myopia has doubled in the last 30 years, and worldwide the incidence of myopia is expected to increase from 2 billion in 2010 to 5 billion in 2050!


What are the treatment options used at View Optometry for myopia management?