Myopia Prevention
by on Dec.15, 2010, under Preventative Medicine
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December 15th, 2010 on 5:50 am
I actually had an eye doctor tell me to read with my near sighted glasses on. What a fucker. That didn’t make sense to me then but I was a kid and I believed him. Maybe next lifetime he will be born and not be able to see. You never know.
December 15th, 2010 on 6:32 am
3. Are you suggesting myopic children be prescribed no minus correction? How will they see distant objects?
4. If you put plus lenses on a child to restrict his accommodation, he’ll have trouble focusing at far, and his eyes may develop a tendency to turn out when trying to do so, which can lead to amblyopia (i.e., gradual, irreversible usefulness of one eye).
5. Is one sure that prohibiting the natural system of accommodation of the eye (with plus correction) is healthy?
December 15th, 2010 on 6:55 am
1. What causes that initial development of myopia in a child who isn’t being corrected for anything? (Genetic predisposition seems like one reasonable answer.)
2. Myopia may be axial and/or refractive (i.e., the effect of a long eye and/or a steep cornea); the presented theory does not relate to the latter cause. (Of course, it’s really the overall axial-refractive relationship that determines ametropia.)
December 15th, 2010 on 7:15 am
@MarcusCMarcellus What strength reading glasses did you use?
December 15th, 2010 on 8:00 am
@chenxkun I’ve never used eyeglasses during my childhood. Since then my vision has got worse and worse. I think genetics plays an important part in nearsightedness, but always let everything you see be focused by the macula. Otherwise you’ll experience an accomodation stress which may cause the same loss of vision
December 15th, 2010 on 8:44 am
Would reading glasses really help prevent myopia?? I’ve heard that it makes the near vision rather lazy and that if used during childhood, it may make the eye underdeveloped because they eye is still growing until u reach the age of about 20
December 15th, 2010 on 9:12 am
Would reading glasses really work to prevent nearsightedness?? I’ve heard that there are complications when using reading glasses because it may make the eye become underdeveloped especially in children..
December 15th, 2010 on 9:24 am
@kingofschnitzels Why? Are you a majority-opinion OD? The second-opinion is that it would be very WISE to follow the recommendations in this video. The “aternative” for the child (who gets that FIRST over-prescribed minus — is indeed “progressive” or stair-case myopia. Have a nice day.
December 15th, 2010 on 9:30 am
There’s a thing such as the International Myopia Pervention Association? Damn..
December 15th, 2010 on 10:01 am
@treehugrurthluvrsupr The minus is indeed very, very easy. Once you start with the minus — your distant vision is lost — permanently. But that is your choice.
December 15th, 2010 on 10:45 am
The eye “goes down” because of lont-term “near”. This is a natural process. The rate is -1/2 diopter per year. Thus, it is essential to understand that scientific fact. The time for “prevention” is before any minus is applied. It is an “eiter-or” choice.
December 15th, 2010 on 11:05 am
But, as Engineering-Science — it is true that the minus has “bad” secondary effect on the natural eye. Plus-prevention is indeed the second-opinion as described by Don Rehm.
December 15th, 2010 on 11:20 am
I suggest checking this site by an OD — Chinamyopia (org). Also check myopiafree (com). Prevention depends on wisdom and support of an OD who will help your cihld with a plus.
December 15th, 2010 on 12:07 pm
@HenryVIIIsCodPiece
Well there is. But i don’t think it works the same for all the people tho
There are some eye “exercises” that i used to do before i went to the doctor to check if my myopia level had decreased at all. At first he said there is no such thing as eye exercises. Then he admited there is such thing as eye muscle exercises after he tested my eye vision and noticed that my myopia level had decreased for like 0.25 but my astigmatism has increased for 0,25.
Now i just wear lenses lol
December 15th, 2010 on 12:17 pm
@canaan1967
I meant snow blindness.
Condition where sight is impaired as effect of exposure to large amount of light.
December 15th, 2010 on 12:28 pm
@MarcinP2
What is retina burn?
December 15th, 2010 on 12:50 pm
FUCKFUCKFUCK too late for me xD
December 15th, 2010 on 1:26 pm
@sabby123456789
No, hearing loss is comparable to retina burn.
And it is not safer or healthier to be far sighted.
December 15th, 2010 on 1:35 pm
It begs the question: why bother preventing it?
No seriously, if work nowadays involves close sight then is it even functional to have normal sight, which will cause eye strain for 8 hours a day?
That’s not important anyway since this is all a folk tale, not science.
Why is it people who get one surgery or buy one pair of glasses in their adult life find that sufficient for the rest of lifetime?
Why is it huge myopia is found among some children in whom it is reduced later on in life?
December 15th, 2010 on 2:03 pm
I honestly hope nobody believes this bullshit.
December 15th, 2010 on 2:50 pm
Well..i like my glasses…Fuck you.
December 15th, 2010 on 3:05 pm
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December 15th, 2010 on 4:05 pm
Well, going to the doctor didn’t help like you said. I just got glasse.
December 15th, 2010 on 4:38 pm
this comes up after the mannix the pirate vid lol
December 15th, 2010 on 4:55 pm
@camera31
Minus lenses are not the immediate cause of the acquired type of myopia. The accommodation it may cause the eye to experience is the more direct reason. We believe the predominant reason why vision become “worse” (more nearsighted) is because the eye experience too much close vision regardless of whether minus/distance lenses are used. For this reason we are advocating the reduction of close visual accommodation in general either through proper reading posture and reading glasses.