High myopia: diagnosis and treatments [Femme Actuelle]
High myopia exposes patients to serious eye complications, it is important to learn more on the subject in order to
Since 2022, Dr. Stéphanie Zwillinger and her COP9 team have been committed to this key week for visual health!
National Myopia Week is an essential event aiming to raise public awareness about vision disorders, particularly myopia, which is increasingly common in our contemporary societies
Continue reading to learn more about this national week and our COP9 commitment.
This vision disorder affects more and more people, especially young ones.
By 2050, 50% of the population will suffer from myopia!
During this National Myopia Week, the focus is on how to slow down its progression. For this, different ways are possible:
myopia control soft contact lenses.
This allows us to correct children’s and teenager’s myopia while slowing down its progression.
In collaboration with our COP9 contactologist, Solène Dezaniaux, we offer orthokeratology to patients of all ages.
This technique is based on regularly wearing night lenses. These lenses reshape the cornea and allow myopic people to see from afar during the day, without any correction.
For the National Myopia Week, COP9 and Dr. Stéphanie Zwillinger are actively engaged on Instagram and Facebook to raise awareness about ways to slow down myopia.
Through explanatory videos and accessible content, we share practical tips to protect the visual field of the whole family.
Join us to discover the latest advances, solutions for slowing down and correcting myopia and best practices for taking care of your eyes every day!
Eye problems such as myopia often affect children and teenagers, which makes early awareness particularly important.
If left uncorrected, this visual defect can increase and lead to more severe vision problems, such as:
macular degeneration;
glaucoma;
retinal detachment.
Our awareness campaign on our social networks aims to inform parents about the signs of their children’s visual problems, such as excessive eye fatigue, hypersensitivity to light or frequent headaches after reading.
One of the goals of National Myopia Week is to raise awareness about this vision disorder among as many people as possible!
This refractive disorder is characterized by blurred vision from afar due to excessive curvature of the cornea or a too long axial length of the eyeball.
In other words, a myopic eye is too long, causing light rays to focus incorrectly on the retina. To properly align visual information, optical correction is necessary.
Myopic people therefore experience difficulty seeing distant objects and rely on corrective glasses or contact lenses to improve their visual acuity.
Myopia screening is based on an eye exam carried out by an ophthalmologist or orthoptist.
In a myopic eye, often influenced by hereditary factors, regular eye health monitoring helps adjust the necessary corrections, whether through contact lenses or eyeglasses.
A binocular visual assessment (both eyes) by your ophthalmologist allows:
to assess near and distance vision;
to measure the curvature of the cornea;
to prescribe appropriate solutions for each eye.
If this visual disorder is detected during eye exams, a corrective prescription to be brought to your optician will be issued to avoid any visual fatigue and maintain clear distance vision.
In the case of high myopia, regular ophthalmological monitoring and appropriate solutions are essential to slow its progression.
Research shows that reducing the time spent outdoors in favor of near activities, often linked to excessive use of screens, contributes to the increase in cases of myopia.
Raising awareness of the importance of taking breaks when using digital devices and encouraging outdoor activities can play a crucial role in reducing the progression of myopia in younger generations.
National Myopia Week from November 18 to 24, 2024 is a crucial opportunity to raise awareness about visual disorders, and promote prevention practices.
It is also an opportunity to raise awareness of effective myopia control options that allow everyone to maintain good vision, whether near or far.
Advances in ophthalmology and the support of vision professionals play a vital role in improving the quality of life of children and adolescents with myopia in order to regain clear vision!
High myopia exposes patients to serious eye complications, it is important to learn more on the subject in order to
On the set of 20 minutes TV, Dr Stéphanie Zwillinger explained this figure as part of National Myopia Week, which
Dr. Stéphanie Zwillinger has joined the members of the National Myopia Observatory! This space brings together recognized experts on the
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