4 Important Facts About Myopia You Need to Know

Structural irregularities in your eyes can impair the light bending process, resulting in refractive errors. One of the most common refractive errors is myopia, or nearsightedness. Read on as your trusted optometrist from Six One Six Vision Center shares four important facts about this condition:

Myopia is a result of an overly curved cornea or a longer-than-normal eye shape. These structural irregularities cause light rays to settle in front of the retina instead of directly on top of it, leading to problems seeing distant objects clearly. With myopia, your close-range vision remains intact.
Headaches, eye fatigue, and even shoulder pains are common symptoms of myopia. Since myopia often develops during childhood, your expert eye doctor advises being observant of your kids’ habits. Squinting, head tilting, and sitting too close to the TV are some telltale signs that your child needs to have their eyes checked for myopia or other refractive errors.
Heredity is a major risk factor for myopia. If any of your relatives are nearsighted, you are at a higher risk of developing the disorder too.
There are treatments available now to help slow the progression of myopia! At your next eye appointment, ask Dr. Huber whether some form of myopia control is available for you or your child, to prevent the eyes from becoming more nearsighted each year, which consequently increases their risk for things like glaucoma, early cataracts, and retinal holes, tears, and detachments.

If you’re experiencing symptoms of myopia, we suggest heading to your reliable eye clinic as soon as possible. We will perform a comprehensive eye exam that includes a refraction. Once we identify your refractive error, we can create an effective treatment plan.

The most common remedy for myopia is wearing corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses for improved visual acuity. We offer various styles and designs to match your personality and suit your lifestyle.

Call us today at (208) 514-1858 or complete our form to know more about nearsightedness. We serve Eagle and Meridian, ID.

COVID-19

To our Six One Six Vision Center Families,

Our office is fully open to serve your eye care needs. We cannot wait to see you in our office again! With the health and safety of our team and patients at the forefront of our minds, the following changes have taken place while we all do our part to fight this pandemic:

We ask that if you are experiencing a fever, shortness of breathe, or a cough that you reschedule your visit at this time.

We are asking our patients to complete as much of the typical intake paperwork and collecting of insurance information electronically to reduce the amount of team members they need to be exposed to at the office.

We have very strict cleanliness procedures for anyone who comes in to our office at every point of their visit to lower risk of potential infection.

Now more than ever, we need to take care of ourselves, our families, and our communities as best we can, while practicing safe social distancing recommendations. We will get through these difficult times together, and I promise you our office and our team will be here to support you as best we can during these changes, and will be even stronger once we can return to normal care.

Be well, stay strong, take care of each other.

– Six One Six Vision Center Team

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