Eye-Q Vision Care offering lenses to help kids diagnosed with myopia 

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Eye doctors are sounding the alarm.

The American Optometric Association says much than 40 percent of Americans are myopic, oregon nearsighted, and warns that fig is increasing.

"We cognize from studies, radical who are highly myopic oregon highly nearsighted are astatine a greater hazard for different sight-threatening conditions aboriginal connected successful life," said Dr. Michael Mendoza, an optometrist astatine EYE-1 Vision Care successful northeast Fresno. "Things similar glaucoma, retinal tears, aboriginal cataract formation."

Myopia is an adjacent bigger interest successful the younger population.

"We find that children who are nearsighted thin to advancement and get worse implicit time," Mendoza said. "One of the theories for that happening is due to the fact that we judge the oculus is trying to seizure each of the image."

Eye doctors successful Central California are looking to code that with Essilor Stellest lenses.

"These lenses, what makes them antithetic from your modular lenses, is that they person 11 rings successful the lens that person implicit a 1000 small lenslets," Mendoza said. "Which helps absorption the airy amended than your modular lens."

The lenses let airy to absorption connected the curve of the oculus and dilatory the progression of myopia. Mendoza says they are a large mode to negociate the information portion helping kids consciousness confident.

"There are immoderate radical who are truthful nearsighted that if they don't person their glasses connected they can't adjacent get astir the country and this is going to marque it overmuch easier," helium said.

Nearsightedness tin impact a child's quality to larn oregon play sports. The Stellest lenses connection a higher medicine compared to regular glasses oregon contacts. Mendoza adds they tin assistance with myopia and different oculus conditions.

"This opens up the doorway for galore much kids who are some nearsighted and person astigmatism," helium said.

Doctors accidental it's important to docket yearly oculus exams, particularly if children amusement signs of myopia. An aboriginal diagnosis tin assistance sphere imaginativeness for years to come.

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