If you suffer from myopia, there is no better management solution for you than the one we offer at Dr. Obermark Eye Health Care. We are proudly among the first certified providers in CooperVision's Brilliant Futures Myopia Management Program.
Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is the inability to see objects clearly at a distance. The eyeball elongates, causing light rays to focus incorrectly in the eye, thus making distance vision blurry.
Myopia is becoming an increasingly common condition, especially in school-aged children. Myopia occurs during childhood with many factors contributing to the continuously progressing condition, including genetics. Children have a one in four chance of developing myopia even if neither parent has been diagnosed with the condition, but a child whose parent(s) have myopia, increases the child's chances of developing nearsightedness by double. Also, their environment can play a major role, with research showing that children who spend more time outside are less likely to develop myopia.
As the eye continues to grow and the number of myopia increases, ocular tissues change in response to the eye growth, resulting in eye health risks that are not as evident in a non-myopic eye. The more nearsighted a child is, the greater the risks become. Leaving it untreated could result in cataracts, glaucoma, retinal detachment, and myopia maculopathy.
We now have a way to manage myopia, and the earlier managing myopia starts, the better the outcome. MiSight 1 Day, the only contact lens approved by the FDA for managing myopia, slows progression. By slowing the progression of myopia, we can reduce the risks that are likely to come later in life.
Managing myopia starts here at Dr. Obermark Eye Health Care, the only practice certified to help children with myopia within a 50-mile radius. Learn more today by calling for your child's next appointment.
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