Dr. Jaume Pauné Fabré, a practicing optometrist, educator, and researcher, explains the need for myopia management. We briefly learn about myopia and orthokeratology. Myopia prevalence  Myopia associated pathologies  Orthokeratology and myopia management Orthokeratology optics  After understanding myopia control and orthokeratology basics, we learn about the different factors that can affect myopia control. Age and myopia […]

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Dr. Vissett Sun, a practicing optometrist and an educator, explains the optometrist’s goal to prevent high myopia prescription. He mentions some of the detrimental causes of high myopia and begins talking about the details of myopia prevention Myopia definition and theory  Peripheral Defocus  Axial Elongation  Time outdoors  Near work Treatment Atropine  Ortho-K  Multifocal Contact lenses  […]

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Dr. Mark Bullimore, an optometrist and a professor begins by stating the astounding increase in prevalence of myopia across the world in the past few decades. He identifies the myopia myth: that increase in screen usage causes myopia and clearly illustrates how this cannot be true. He talks about other risk factors that link to […]

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Dr. Mihir Kothari, a pediatric ophthalmologist and an educator begins by explaining what is myopia. He elaborates on myopia has been classified by the international myopia institute and how myopia is classified in India. He enlist the myopia categories where atropine is useful in treating myopia. He explains what is atropine and what actions of […]

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