Myopia Control

Invest in Your Child’s Visual Clarity

At Chatham EyeCare, we believe that an investment in your child’s vision is an investment in their future.

Early intervention in managing myopia, or nearsightedness, can make a significant difference in preserving their visual clarity. Our dedicated team is equipped with a range of techniques to offer your child personalized myopia control strategies. Even if you aren’t sure if your child has myopia, we can detect it during a comprehensive eye exam.

Preserve your child’s visual clarity and eye health today and request their next eye exam with Chatham EyeCare.

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What Is Myopia?

Myopia, commonly referred to as nearsightedness, is a refractive error that results in difficulty seeing distant objects clearly.

This condition often develops in childhood and can progress as kids grow up. As the eye grows, it can elongate, or the cornea can become too steep, which affects how light focuses on the retina, leading to progressively blurred vision.

How Does Myopia Affect Children?

Myopia’s effect reaches further than just blurring your child’s vision.

As a progressive condition, myopia could increase the risk of several different concerns throughout their life. These can range from learning-related vision problems while at school to a higher risk of eye health issues when they’re an adult.

However, the risk of these concerns is different for every child. We can walk you through the effect myopia has on your child when they visit us for an eye exam.

Vision-Related Learning Problems

Children with unmanaged myopia may face challenges in school as blurry distance vision can affect their ability to focus on tasks, such as reading the blackboard or participating in sports.

Elevated Risk for Eye Health Concerns

High myopia can increase the risk of serious eye health concerns later in life, such as glaucoma, cataracts, and retinal detachment.

Our Myopia Control Strategies

Myopia is on the rise around the globe, but there are numerous strategies we can offer to help manage its progression and preserve your child’s visual clarity.

Our recommendations ultimately will depend on your child’s eye care needs and lifestyle. Some may find it difficult to wear contact lenses, while others might not enjoy using eye drops. We can determine what might work for your child when you visit us for an eye exam.

MiSight 1 day & Multifocal Contacts

MiSight 1 day lenses and multifocal contacts are innovative myopia control methods.

These lenses use a technique called “peripheral defocusing,” which changes the way peripheral light focuses on the retina. By doing this, these lenses can help signal the eye to slow down myopia progression.

Orthokeratology Contact Lenses

Orthokeratology, or ortho-k, is a nonsurgical strategy that uses specially designed contact lenses to temporarily reshape the cornea overnight while your child sleeps.

Reshaping the cornea can help slow down the progression of myopia in children while also providing clear vision throughout the day without prescription lenses.

Atropine Eye Drops

Low-dose atropine eye drops are also a commonly used myopia control method. They work by limiting the eye’s growth, thus slowing down the progression of myopia.

Myopia Is on the Rise, But We’re Here to Help

Myopia is becoming more common, but with early intervention and the right myopia control strategy, we can help manage its progression.

Our team at Chatham EyeCare is committed to helping preserve your child’s vision and eye health. Request your appointment today and preserve your child’s visual clarity and eye health.

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