myopia - one eye progresses then the other?

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a06812@gmail.com - 21 Jul 2007 22:14 GMT

Hi

I was just wondering if it is common or known for myopia to progress
faster in the right eye than the left eye for several years, then the
left eye speeds up and overtakes the progression in the right eye
which slows down. What does everyone think?

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Mike Tyner - 22 Jul 2007 00:34 GMT

> I was just wondering if it is common or known for myopia to progress
> faster in the right eye than the left eye for several years, then the
> left eye speeds up and overtakes the progression in the right eye
> which slows down. What does everyone think?

The only pattern I've noticed (in 25 years) is when myopia slows down and
stops progressing, one eye sometimes continues a little longer than the
other.

Until we know more about scleral growth signals it's hard to assign any
importance to it.

-MT

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a06812@gmail.com - 26 Jul 2007 16:57 GMT

Thanks for your reply. It is nice to be able to know what situations
practitioners come across during their careers.

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