Childhood myopia control in Malaga
Childhood myopia control unit
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1st Childhood Myopia Control Unit in Malaga
Multidisciplinary care with professionals at the service of the patient and all the resources with scientific evidence to curb myopia in children.
The myopia is the most common human eye disorder in the world, affecting from 25 to 50% of older adults in the United States and the United States. Europe.
Its prevalence is increasing, as is its rate of progression, such that in East Asian children where the problem is greatest, progression is almost one dioptre per year.
Apart from the obvious socio-economic burden estimated at US $ 268 billion annually worldwide, myopia is a global public health problem.
The high-grade myopia is one of the main causes of blindness due to its associated comorbidities, such as retinal detachment, macular choroidal degeneration, premature cataract and glaucoma.
More and more of our children are short-sighted and with more and more dioptres of myopia.but we can treat them so that this myopia is reduced and has fewer consequences.
Myopia Control Treatment
There are two ways to control myopia: firstly, to delay the onset of myopia and, secondly, to reduce or prevent its progression.
More time spent outdoors may reduce the occurrence of myopia.
The dose of atropine at 0.01% offers adequate benefit-risk, with no clinically significant visual side effects, with a significant 50% reduction in myopia progression.
The orthokeratology contact lenses can slow the progression of myopia, slowing balloon elongation, although they are not without risk. Infectious keratitis may occur.
All of this obliges us to offer our patients, through a multidisciplinary team at our Ophthalmology Clinic in Fuengirola the full range of therapeutic measures that have been shown to be effective, such as:
Diluted Atropine
Use of dilute atropine.
Ortok contact lenses
Use of orthokeratology contact lenses. They are worn during sleep.
Soft contact lenses.
They are worn during the day. They cause myopic peripheral defocusing, which prevents myopia from increasing.
The Unit
We also offer a psycho-educational package to help children and their families to
acquiring healthy lifestyle habits. The introduction of new habits undoubtedly has a great influence on the development of the myopia epidemic and is an essential point where we must act.
The Childhood Myopia Control Unit in Malaga has a team of professionals made up of the child ophthalmologist Drª Muñoz, the optometrist Ana Pérez Vidaurreta and the psychologist Mª Ángeles Torres. shall make available to We offer our patients all these resources, combining them in the most effective way.
Dr. Aida Estévez Colmenero
Ana Pérez Vidaurreta
