Myopia Management
For a range of reasons, largely associated with our 21st Century lifestyle, myopia (short-sightedness) is becoming increasingly prevalent in children. Apart from potentially hindering their educational development it can, in some extreme cases and if left untreated in the long term, result in sight threatening conditions.
What is myopia?
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/short-sightedness/
https://www.cochrane.org/CD004916/EYES_interventions-slow-progression-nearsightedness-children
The National Eye Institute (part of NIH) has funded a clinical trial which provides independent evidence that multi-focal contact lenses reduce worsening short-sightedness:
https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/news-and-events/news/multifocal-contact-lenses-slow-myopia-progression-children
Read up about the condition at the following professional sources:
Myopia Management Institute
https://www.myopiainstitute.org/
The College of Optometrists
https://www.college-optometrists.org/the-college/policy/myopia-management.html
The British Contact Lens Association
https://www.bcla.org.uk/Public/Public/Consumer/Myopia-and-its-development-factsheet.aspx
OT (The Association of Optometrists)
“It is one of the most exciting things to happen to optometry in my career”
Ask your eye care practitioner about myopia management, especially for children. Read about one parent's regret at delaying its use, and then his experience of its effectiveness:
https://www.opticianonline.net/opinion/viewpoint-one-million-conversations
