Myopia (also known as short sight or near sight), is an increasingly common condition that affects children’s sight and has a long-lasting (often detrimental) effect for the rest of their lives.
Your child has been told by the optometrist that he or she needs glasses. To see better at school and in the far distance. It seems straightforward enough. Glasses will fix the problem, right?
I both love and hate this question. First, it gives me the floor to preach from my soapbox…
Short-sight (Myopia/near-sight) is affecting more and more children around the world — it is reaching unprecedented levels and has been recognised by the World Health Organisation as a looming public health problem. The rates…
Myopia (short-sightedness) has been recognised as one of the five leading causes of blindness and visual impairments in the world by the World Health Organisation. Research shows there are a number of options to slow myopia progression, and thus reduce the associated…
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