Specialized contact lenses prevent myopia in children

Currently myopia is affecting 40% of children in the United States and nearly 90% of children in some Asian countries. This disease usually begins when the child is young and weighs up over the years. A pair of near-qualified glasses can help children overcome refractive errors, but it does not cure the disease and does not help slow the approach when children grow up.

This is a graph of myopia in the human eye. Photo: National Eye Institute (US Central Eye Institute)

A recent study by biomedical scientist David Troilo and colleagues at New York University can contribute to the treatment of nearsightedness by using a pair of specialized contact lenses, which help the eyes Moderate changes can help patients look good, while limiting the rate of progression.

Myopia is heavier when the eye is longer, making it difficult to focus light on the retina from a distant object. Conventional glasses or contact lenses only focus on the visual axis by creating presbyopia in the retina range. It is this that makes myopia become worse when the child is older, because when the baby's eyes are larger, the retina is pushed to the place where the light is concentrated, accidentally causing the eyes to become longer.

Troilo pointed out that a pair of special contact lenses, instead of focusing light on the retina, will make the eyes change the way they want over time. New glasses have reduced the long process of the eyes, the process of making myopia worse.

Reference: Science Daily