The Prevalence and Impact of High Myopia

Abstract

Myopia has gained increasing interest in recent years, particularly because of its increase in prevalence across populations worldwide. The onset of myopia has shifted to a younger age, and the number of high myopes with prescriptions of more than -5.00 D has increased over the last few decades. High myopia is strongly associated with a greater incidence of pathologic complications, has shown to impact vision-related quality of life in children and adults and is further associated with certain contact lens complications. Different pharmaceutical and optical treatment options are currently under investigation with a common goal to slow down the rate of myopia progression.

Axial Length in Orthokeratology Patients: Large Case Series

“…The advantage to using axial length is twofold: axial length is an objective measure and has been associated with complications of myopia [14][15][16][17]. In this observational study, we evaluated children who have worn Ortho-K lenses regularly for three years to analyze changes in axial length and refractive status after commencing use of Ortho-K. We performed this study to demonstrate results that could be expected with typical myopic patients presenting to practitioners in clinical practice.…”

“…Substantial increases in axial length and the resulting myopic progression requires repeated refractive corrections during childhood, and places those with higher myopia at risk of sight-threatening complications such as maculopathy, retinal detachment, cataracts and glaucoma [13][14][15][16][17]. Once myopia develops, various methods of slowing its progression have been attempted in conjunction with clinical testing of these methods [11,[18][19][20].…”

Clinical Effectiveness of Neurotransmitters Patients With Primary Glaucoma Vegf Inhibitor in Patients With Choroidal Neovascularization Caused by Degenerative Myopia

“…Одним из главных инвалидизирующих осложнений ДМ является хориоидальная неоваскуляризация (ХНВ), обычно поражающая центральную область сетчатки -макулу [5,6]. ХНВ развивается у пациентов с ДМ с ча-стотой от 5 до 11% и при естественном течении сопрово-ждается значительными повреждениями фоторецепто-ров и необратимой потерей центрального зрения [7,8].…”

ACHIKO-M Database for high myopia analysis and its evaluation

“…People with high myopia usually have a spherical equivalent refraction of a least -6 diopers [1]. Over the last few decades, high myopia has increased in prevalence across populations and shifted to a younger age [2]. High myopia can lead to a number of pathologic complications such as posterior vitreous detachment, retinal detachment and pathological myopia, if degenerative in nature.…”