BBC article re under treating myopia

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Tom - 29 Jun 2005 09:48 GMT

This is old news but interesting

Warning Over Eye Under-Treatment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2494903.stm

I came across it when I was looking at this

Smart Lenses to Halt Short Sight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4437067.stm

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Robert Kopp - 30 Jun 2005 03:41 GMT

> This is old news but interesting
>
> Warning Over Eye Under-Treatment
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2494903.stm

According to this article, under-correction or no correction of myopia
causes the condition to progress more rapidly. In early adolescense, a
highly myopic person may deteriorate to 20/70 between annual examinations;
so perhaps the prescription should be changed more frequently than that,
if necessary, to decelerate the progression of the myopia?

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otisbrown@pa.net - 30 Jun 2005 03:49 GMT

Dear Robert,

Then by that logic, to stop the development
of nearsighedness these kids
should be over-prescribed by
-3 diopters or so. That
would snap them out of
nearsightedness rapidly -- if
the logic is correct.

Best,

Otis

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Tom - 02 Jul 2005 10:20 GMT

>Dear Robert,
>
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>nearsightedness rapidly -- if
>the logic is correct.

Over or under correcting was shown to be bad.

I'm glad I wasn't under corrected as a child or I might be much worse
now than I actually am.

Tom

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