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Dear Concerned Parent,
School screenings are
frequently the first indicator that there is a vision
problem, since many youngsters simply are not that concerned
with a view of the world that gradually has become slightly
out-of-focus...They just squint, or get moved to the front
of the class... Eventually, they are prodded by an alert
school nurse, and wind up in the Optometrist's exam room
with a diagnosis of "myopia". also known as
Near-Sightedness.
To understand this
term, simply switch the first half of the word with the
second half: "Sighted-for-near"... In this condition, a
person sees clearly at close range (reading books), but
experiences blur when viewing objects far away (such as the
blackboard). This occurs because the eye grows slightly too
long (typically by only a fraction of an inch)
Glasses or contacts
using corrective lenses allow the person to see the distant
objects clearly. Its important to note that myopia is NOT an
eye disease or weakness. In low and moderate accounts of
Myopia, there is no predisposition to retinal degeneration.
Optometrists are licensed to diagnose and accurately
prescribe the lenses for myopia.
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