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Myopia control guide CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT The Quick Guide to Myopia Control Traditional management of myopia or short-sightedness has always been glasses or contact lenses These provide clear distance vision but do nothing to prevent myopia from gettin

CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT The Quick Guide to Myopia Control Traditional management of myopia or short-sightedness has always been glasses or contact lenses These provide clear distance vision but do nothing to prevent myopia from getting worse over time Over the past decade myopia management has shifted from myopia correction with glasses or contact lenses to myopia control ?? using a range of strategies to slow down or even stop the myopia This is great news for children a ?ected by myopia because the higher your myopia the more at risk you are of developing a number of serious eye conditions including retinal detachment glaucoma and macular disease Myopia control can be achieved through optical means i e special contact lenses or glasses or pharmacological means i e low dose atropine eye drops ? Atropine therapy Over the past decade low-dose atropine eye drops have been used very e ?ectively to slow or halt myopia in children The most long-lasting results are from very dilute low-dose eye drops which have few side e ?ects It is worth bearing in mind when considering atropine for your child that the side e ?ects are minimal and may include mild headache or stinging The side e ?ects or risks associated with myopia however increase signi ?cantly as the amount of myopia increases They include serious eye conditions including possible loss of sight Atropine is prescribed by therapeutically-quali ?ed optometrists and compounded by the pharmacy in a very dilute formula It is used once a day at bed time for a duration of a few years Evidence suggests that atropine therapy can slow the rate of myopia by - i ? Orthokeratology or ortho- k Orthokeratology ?? also known as ortho-k or Corneal Reshaping Therapy CRT ?? is a method of correcting myopia by gently reshaping the front surface of the eye cornea This is achieved using special contact lenses that are worn during sleep every night or every second night An ideal candidate for ortho-k is anyone with low to moderate myopia with or without mild astigmatism It is most e ?ective for children who have just started to become myopic Upon wakening in the morning the ortho-k contact lenses are removed and you are left with clear distance vision This e ?ect is only temporary and gradually wears o ? after about a day or two Ortho-k has been around for the last years or so and a lot of research and improvements to the system have been made over that time With modern ?tting philosophies and lens designs ortho-k has a very good success rate One of the best things about it is that it simultaneously corrects myopia AND slows its progression ? Multifocal contact lenses Multifocal or bifocal contact lenses for myopia control are similar to those used by middle-aged people to allow them to read as well as see in the distance However these particular lenses are specially designed for younger eyes They have been rigorously tested in clinical