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Myopia
Myopia or short sightedness is a vision problem experienced by almost one-third of the population. It is the inability of a person to see the distant objects clearly.

For proper eyesight, the cornea (the clear window in front of the eye) and the lens (behind the pupil) must properly focus or "refract" light onto the retina (at the back of the eye). If the length or shape of the eye is not ideal, the light may get focused too early or too late leaving a blurred image on the retina.This problem is often discovered in school children and becomes progressively worse through adolescence and stabilize in early adulthood.

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Posted by:  indian200991  Posted on: 03/11/2010
Sir,
My daughter is myopic(-1&-7.5). Should she wear glasses throughout the day or only while watching TV? When can she start wearing contacts(she is going to be 19 soon)?


Posted by:  littlebit(Guest)  Posted on: 01/17/2011
she should wear her glasses right through the day or get lenses, because lenses, you dont have to take off any thing, unlike glasses




Posted by:  vv1201(Guest)  Posted on: 01/24/2010
SPH CYCl AXIS
-5.00 -0.25 160
-5.50 -.50 10
Sir, I am a 20 year college student. My power s constantly increasing. Doctors say that power should remain constant by this time. Is there any cure for this..so that I could be free of my specks..or any kind of surgery? Is there any problem because of this constant increase? I have no aother ailment

Kindly suggest the best possible surgical treatmnent for my eyes so that there are no furthur problems.



Posted by:  S.PRASAD  Posted on: 09/26/2009
SPH CYL AXIS
R -7.50 -1.00 20
L -8.00 -2.00 160

Sir, I've determined to correct the vision of both my eyes. The satus of the same is mentioned above. I'm an healthy male with no co-existing disease what-so-ever & aged 37 & half. Kindly suggest me the best possible surgical treatement for both my eyes & what can be the cost & duration of recovery.


Posted by:  Harkeerat19  Posted on: 11/11/2009
I would recommend to try natural therapy at your nearest center as it has no side effects and is 100% risk free.




Posted by:  silva(Guest)  Posted on: 08/15/2009
my daughter is 12 years old she suffer from miopia diseases. Now the glases number are -7.5
my daughter cound not stay a day without of cocolat and eat very much salt before. is good for her to eat cocolat every day and do you think can be a didases that cause the miopia to my daughter. thank you


Posted by:  Harkeerat19  Posted on: 11/11/2009
This is not due to any intake problem. Firstly is there a family history of poor vision? Secondly at that age the best prescribed opinion for you would be natural therapy.




Posted by:  samina(Guest)  Posted on: 07/18/2009
my son is 4yrs old..and suffering from myopia...i want to know how to correct his eye condition by any ways other than using glasses as he is not at such a age to wear glasses properly...



Posted by:  sambeetswaroop(Guest)  Posted on: 04/20/2009
i'm a myopia patient.i want to know how to reduce the eye power in between 6-10 months.please suggest me for its treatment.



Posted by:  sudhanshu(Guest)  Posted on: 01/12/2009
Have extremely bad condition. The eye level is 18-20. Any doctor in India or abroad? Please help



Posted by:  mridu paban gogoi(Guest)  Posted on: 11/17/2008
getting white lines during vision still using glasses those are in zigzag format and feel dryness of eyes. even irritation in both eyes. I used both cylindrical n spherical glass. pl help me.


Posted by:  wacky(Guest)  Posted on: 01/17/2012
I recently had an eye exam and got a prescription of 2.25 for left eye and 2.5 for the right eye.I donot have trouble in reading although very fine prints are blurry.Do I need glasses ?




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