MYOPIA

MYOPIA

GLOBE MYOPE ET FLEURR

RAPPEL anatomique


 

LA MYOPIE


 

This is done to see near and far look bad . The image forms in front of the retina, the eye being too long.

The fact of wearing glasses a myopic child, allows him to see better without glasses, allows a better view but does not cure his myopia .
It is myopic to life.
A concave glass brings the image on the retina .

Myopia increases with growth until the cessation of growth between 20 and 25 years. Unfortunately it is likely to increase beyond 25 years because of hard work in near vision : office work, etc. on screen ….
The eyeball of the authors . myopic is rather long and the image is formed in front of the retina. The corrector lens is concave.
TREATMENT
1 . Glasses
2 . Lens wear
3 . Excimer laser , better known under the name of his technique called LASIK
4 . Intraocular implant for high myopia
5 . NEW 2011: A study was done in Asia Frener the progression of myopia in children, based instillations of eye drops for two years. the results are significant

-Freination By wearing contact lenses

. Port of rigid lenses

. Multifocal soft lenses ports

. Wearing special lenses or orthokeratology.

. Port of progressive lenses or prisms in addition closely.

 

The prevalence of myopia increases with level of education

Europeen study

The prevalence of myopia was 25.4% with a level of primary education, 29.1% for secondary and 36.6% for higher education.

For 35 to 84 years, the majority of the study subjects, the prevalence of myopia is about double for those with higher education compared to those who have not gone beyond primary education.

For example, in 45-49 years, the prevalence of myopia was 26.3% with a level of primary education against 51.4% with a higher level.

In 60 years-64 years, the prevalence of myopia was 14.0% for patients not gone beyond primary education against 28.7% for those who received higher education .