Shortsightedness - Clearing the Fog
Myopia refers to a condition in which targets that are viewed from a distances are not seen in crisp focus. When you are near sighted, you can’t look at objects placed at some distance from you with any great clarity.
A nearsighted person sees fuzzy targets in the distance, but clearly when trying to read or see something that is near. If you see an undiagnosed near sightedperson, you will notice them squinting. The Greek words for shut and eye form the root for the term myopia, which is the technical term for near sightedness.
A shortsighted individual can easily read the Jaeger eye chart (the chart for near reading), but finds the Snellen eye chart (the chart for distance) hard to read. This bleary vision results when the visual image is focused in front of the retina, rather than directly on it.
Myopia is caused by the actual length of the eye being longer than the optical length. So you often see this in a fast growing eye in a child undergoing rapid growth. When a person’s growth stops - around the mid twenties - they tend to be less nearsighted. If the actual length of the eye is too large, the light rays focus too soon and the image becomes bleary. So, the times of rapid growth are the times when people are most likely to become myopic.
So whilst young people are the most likely to get Myopia. It happens in equal numbers between boys and girls. If there is family history, then somepeople are most likely to have it.
If you are shortsighted, then you are likely to need to the local opticians and see whether I could get online spectacles online. Just go to an actual optician for the prescription and request a copy of the prescriptions.
