Standard Child Myopia Control Center
"Astigmatism and other refractive errors such as hyperopia, myopia, and presbyopia can be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, or laser treatment."
Myopia is the most common eye disease in children, affecting 20% of them. In myopia, the child does not see it far and its school performance may be affected. But that’s not all. As the degrees of myopia increase, the chances of developing some associated diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts and maculopathy increase.
Research shows that by 2050 50% of the population will have myopia. We can’t reverse myopia, but we can stop it or slow it down considerably.
Factors that increase the risk of developing and increasing Myopia: When to bring your child for myopia control
- When parents have myopia: when one parent has myopia the risk of myopia in children increases by 15-20%, while when both parents have myopia the rate increases to 35-40%.
- When children spend a lot of time on mobile phones, computers, tablets, screens.
- When children spend some time in activities outside the home with natural light.
- When you see a child sitting near the TV or not seeing well on the board at school.
- First time wearing myopic glasses.
- Frequent change in glasses.
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What do we do in the Myopia Control Center
- Taking a detailed history of myopia in the family and factors from the environment that contribute to the appearance and increase of myopia, lifestyle, school environment, activities, etc
- Visual acuity test and refraction
- Special examinations:
a) Measurement of Axial length of the eye by biometrics,
b) peripheral refraction
c) test of loading and adjustment - Special imaging tests:
a) Corneal topography
b) Bottom photography
c) Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) - Risk assessment of increased myopia
- Myopia management strategies
Ways of controlling myopia
1. Modification of environmental factors and activities
2. Atropine Drops
3. Special glasses
4. Contact lenses
5. Ortho-keratology
See the video below for information on controlling myopia in children and young adults.
The Eye-Lid Ophthalmology Center is one of the centers in the world that apply the most modern techniques and treatments to treat the increase of myopia in children and young adults. Of course, myopia in adulthood can be corrected by laser, but our aim is to apply a holistic and data-based tactic of prevention and treatment of myopia. Our goal is to control myopia with state-of-the-art machinery and slow it down with better methods.
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