Is your child nearsighted?
Make a difference in your child’s vision and quality of life.
Correct the blur AND slow the progression of nearsightedness!
For decades children have gone to the eye doctor and if they were nearsighted, they would get a pair of glasses. The next year the prescription would change and the glasses would get a bit thicker and maybe they’d switch to contact lenses.
Today, parents have treatment options that correct their child’s blurry distance vision and that may also keep their blurry vision from getting worse.
Nearsightedness (also known as myopia) is one of the most common vision problems in childhood. It's becoming more prevalent and more children are needing vision correction and ending up with higher prescriptions. By 2050, 50% of the world’s population is estimated to be nearsighted. 1 We asked moms what their questions were about nearsightedness and this article provides answers to "What is nearsightedness?" and "What are the signs that my child is nearsighted?"
What you can do today for your child’s vision.
Help your child to slow the progression of their nearsightedness (also known as myopia management). Change their habits and explore vision treatments that have been shown to slow the progression of nearsightedness.
Reduce your child’s time in close-up activities like reading tablets, cell phones and computers.
Increase you child’s time outside during the day.
Schedule an eye exam with your eye care professional and discuss your child’s options.
Research shows that near-term activities are associated with higher odds of myopia. 2,3 and the amount of outdoor time may help slow down the growth of the eye and reduce the risk of myopia.4 Another factor in determining myopia progression is the age of myopia onset. The progression rates decline with increasing age. 5 Early intervention during years of more rapid growth matters.6
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Nearsightedness can be corrected the traditional way with glasses or contact lenses. Today, new treatments are available that may keep the eyesight from getting worse as a child grows. Most parents don’t know that nearsightedness in children is treatable. It’s a new specialty in eye care called myopia management.
Moms for Vision provides information about nearsighted vision in children and the emerging practice of myopia management. We read the research, follow the industry news, and write informative articles.
Moms for Vision was created to fill an information gap with parents that if narrowed could make a significant difference in a child’s visual quality of life. Most parents or caregivers aren’t aware of treatment options for their nearsighted child or that there are products that may correct and treat their child’s nearsighted vision.
Research Sources:
2 Jones, et al, IOVS 2007
4 [Cao K, Wan Y, Yusufu M, Wang N: Significance of Outdoor Time for Myopia Prevention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Randomized Controlled Trials. Ophthalmic Res 2020;63:97-105. doi: 10.1159/000501937][4]
5 Donovan L, Sankaridurg P, Ho A, Naduvilath T, Smith EL, III, Holden BA. Myopia progression rates in urban children wearing single-vision spectacles. Optom Vis Sci. 2012;89:27–32
6 Baskar Arumugam, Paul Chamberlain, Arthur Bradley, Chris Hunt, et al. The Effects of Age on Myopia Progression with Dual-Focus and Single Vision Daily Disposable Contact Lenses. Poster presented at the 2020 American Academy of Optometry.