Comments on: Myopia in the News: A Huge Increase in the US and What Can Be Done http://www.brighteyesnews.com/2009/12/17/myopia-in-the-news-a-huge-increase-in-the-us-and-what-can-be-done/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Increase Quality of your Life http://www.brighteyesnews.com/2009/12/17/myopia-in-the-news-a-huge-increase-in-the-us-and-what-can-be-done/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Increase Quality of your Life Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:43:51 +0000 http://www.brighteyesnews.com/?p=1302#comment-340 thanks for this sharing. I think this is great info. tips to reduce treat of myiopia thanks for this sharing. I think this is great info. tips to reduce treat of myiopia

]]> By: BrightEyesTampa http://www.brighteyesnews.com/2009/12/17/myopia-in-the-news-a-huge-increase-in-the-us-and-what-can-be-done/comment-page-1/#comment-314 BrightEyesTampa Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:58 +0000 http://www.brighteyesnews.com/?p=1302#comment-314 Ann, yes, I realize now that I actually left out a lot about visual ergonomics and the "sunlight" study. It just got too late. <br><br>Thanks. <br><br>-Dr. B Ann, yes, I realize now that I actually left out a lot about visual ergonomics and the “sunlight” study. It just got too late.

Thanks.

-Dr. B

]]> By: Ann Z http://www.brighteyesnews.com/2009/12/17/myopia-in-the-news-a-huge-increase-in-the-us-and-what-can-be-done/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Ann Z Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:52:25 +0000 http://www.brighteyesnews.com/?p=1302#comment-313 Thanks for the link to the actual study, and the round up of other options for myopia control. I knew about Ortho-K, I didn't know about some of the other things that have been used elsewhere or previously. <br><br>My husband and I are both nearsighted. My vision didn't stabilize until just a couple of years ago (I was in to my 30s by then). My sense is that that is very late for myopia to stop progressing. Is that true? Is there any research on whether the severity of myopia is also increasing, or if people well past their teens are still getting more myopic? Nevermind, I just went and actually read the study and see that the increase is happening across all severities of myopia, but that the increase seems to be greatest in the moderate severity, and it looks like the distribution of severity has shifted to more severe.<br><br>Of course, Zoe is currently farsighted and wearing glasses for that. I'm guessing though, that she'll need glasses for nearsightedness as she gets a bit older, but I'm happy to hear that genetics may only be part of it.<br><br>Also, wasn't there a study showing that time spent outside seemed to correlate with lower rates of myopia? Thanks for the link to the actual study, and the round up of other options for myopia control. I knew about Ortho-K, I didn't know about some of the other things that have been used elsewhere or previously.

My husband and I are both nearsighted. My vision didn't stabilize until just a couple of years ago (I was in to my 30s by then). My sense is that that is very late for myopia to stop progressing. Is that true? Is there any research on whether the severity of myopia is also increasing, or if people well past their teens are still getting more myopic? Nevermind, I just went and actually read the study and see that the increase is happening across all severities of myopia, but that the increase seems to be greatest in the moderate severity, and it looks like the distribution of severity has shifted to more severe.

Of course, Zoe is currently farsighted and wearing glasses for that. I'm guessing though, that she'll need glasses for nearsightedness as she gets a bit older, but I'm happy to hear that genetics may only be part of it.

Also, wasn't there a study showing that time spent outside seemed to correlate with lower rates of myopia?

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