Myopia Control For Children
While myopia can have extremely adverse effects, there are also many different ways to prevent, manage, and control its progression.
Myopia affects the ability to see clearly at a distance, hence its common name “nearsightedness”. An individual with myopia may have great vision when it comes to focusing on things close-up but has trouble focusing on objects farther away.
Myopia is a refractive error, which means the eye has an irregular shape, which causes light to focus in front of the retina instead of on it, creating blurry distance vision.
While many believe that myopia is a fairly harmless condition, this isn’t always the case. If myopia is not properly managed early on, it can progress rapidly and cause serious vision problems later in life. However, this is more true for cases of high or severe myopia than it is for mild to moderate myopia.
Patients with myopia are more likely to develop several serious conditions, including:
While myopia can have extremely adverse effects, there are also many different ways to prevent, manage, and control its progression.
The most important thing you can do to help safeguard your child’s vision is to ensure they go for annual eye exams. These exams allow your child’s optometrist to track changes in their eye health and vision, and ensure their prescription is kept up to date.
There are also several strategies that can be used to control myopia in some cases.
At Cowichan Eyecare, we offer:
OCT, or optical coherence tomography, is a type of image testing used to photograph the retina. Our retinas have ten different layers, and the thickness of each can be accurately measured using this technology.
OCT helps us determine whether your eye is healthy and gives us the information we need to treat any problems thoroughly and effectively. OCT is used to guide treatment for diseases such as glaucoma, AMD, and diabetic eye disease.
Optomap is another piece of technology we can use to analyze your retinas. This revolutionary tool gives us an ultra-wide view of your retina and does not require dilation drops.
The images taken are stored for future reference so that we can keep track of changes in your eye structure, no matter how small. This allows for early diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases that may not present with symptoms until their later stages.
For more information on any of the above treatments, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are also happy to answer any questions you may have about myopia and how it may affect you or a loved one.
Visit our main location in Duncan, enclosed by the Trans-Canada Highway, Beverly Street, and Canada Avenue. We are right next to Thrifty Foods.
Please note that on Tuesdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our weekly staff meeting.
Visit our main location in Duncan, enclosed by the Trans-Canada Highway, Beverly Street, and Canada Avenue. We are right next to Thrifty Foods.
Please note that on Tuesdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our weekly staff meeting.
We look forward to serving you at our Chemainus location next to Grapefully Yours Winemakers. Find us just off of Maple Lane and Croft Street.
Please note that on Thursdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our staff meeting.
We look forward to serving you at our Chemainus location next to Grapefully Yours Winemakers. Find us just off of Maple Lane and Croft Street.
Please note that on Thursdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our staff meeting.
We can’t wait to meet you at our Cobble Hill location. We are located off of Cowichan Bay Road, located close to Drumroasters Coffee.
Please note that on Thursdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our weekly staff meeting.
We can’t wait to meet you at our Cobble Hill location. We are located off of Cowichan Bay Road, located close to Drumroasters Coffee.
Please note that on Thursdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our weekly staff meeting.
We are conveniently located in the plaza off of Stanley Road and Cowichan Lake Road. Find us between the IDA Island Pharmacy #2 and Resonance Hearing Clinic.
Please note that on Thursdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our staff meeting.
We are conveniently located in the plaza off of Stanley Road and Cowichan Lake Road. Find us between the IDA Island Pharmacy #2 and Resonance Hearing Clinic.
Please note that on Thursdays we are closed from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our staff meeting.
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