Short-sightedness (Myopia) is a common vision problem affecting children who can see well up close, while distant objects are blurred. Short-sighted children tend to squint to see distant objects such as the board at school. They also tend to sit closer to the television to see it more clearly.

Sometimes, childhood myopia can worsen year after year. This change can be a concern to both children and their parents, prompting the question: “Will it ever stop? Or, will this get so bad that, someday, glasses won’t help?”

Short-sighted that develops in childhood nearly always stabilizes by age 20. But by then, some kids have become very short-sighted.

Here are the 3 most effective ways to slow down the progression of myopia in children. They include myopia control lenses, Ortho-K contact lenses and atropine eye drops.

Myopia Control Lenses:

Scientifically proven that wearing myopia control lenses may slow the progression of short-sightedness in children. The mechanism behind are added magnifying power in these lenses to reduces focusing fatigue during reading and other close work, that contribute to increasing of short-sightedness.

“Ortho-K,” Contact Lenses:

This is a specially designed hard contact lenses that use to flatten the shape of the cornea and thereby reduce or correct mild to moderate amounts of short-sightedness. The lenses are worn during sleep and removed in the morning. Research proven that Ortho-K reduce the lengthening of the eye and by wearing Ortho-K lenses during childhood will show permanent reduction in myopia.

Atropine:

Topical atropine is a medicine used to dilate the pupil and temporarily paralyze accommodation and completely relax the eyes’ focusing mechanism. Research has suggested short-sightedness in children may be linked to focusing fatigue, investigators have looked into using atropine to disable the eye’s focusing mechanism to control myopia.

The results of these studies have been impressive. However, additional research has shown that the myopia control effect from atropine does not continue after the first year of treatment, and that short-term use of atropine may not control nearsightedness significantly in the long run.

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