Orthokeratology lens wear in lagophthalmos
It is not unusual to see someone blink or sleep with incomplete eyelid closure, called lagophthalmos.1 This condition often causes staining across the inferior cornea due to corneal exposure and ...
Tag: Pathology and eye health
Adult-onset myopia: measurement and management
Myopia onset typically occurs in childhood, but adult-onset myopia also occurs in clinical practice. While increased near tasks and reduced outdoor time can be risk factors for myopia onset in ...
Managing the adult progressing myope with diabetes
Managing myopia typically refers to childhood myopes, but myopia management in adults presents its own challenges and considerations. Whilst the focus typically moves from slowing myopia progression to monitoring eye ...
How common is microbial keratitis in children wearing orthokeratology?
Paper title: Pediatric Microbial Keratitis With Overnight Orthokeratology in Russia Authors: Mark Bullimore, Dmitry Mirsayafov, Aslan Khurai, Leonid Kononov, Suzanna Asatrian, Andrei Shmakov, Kathryn Richdale, Valery Gorev Date: 2021 Reference: ...
A monocular myope with coloboma
Here is an unusual case that CS shared with the Myopia Profile community involving a child with a unilateral coloboma and resultant vision impairment, with early myopia in the normally ...
Monocular Myopia Management: unilateral and anisometropic myopia
What are the unique challenges in monocular (unilateral) or anisometropic myopia management? We know that whilst a very complex process, myopic eye growth is caused by a combination of genetic ...
Is it myopia progression or early keratoconus?
Paediatric keratoconus has faster rate of progression and is typically more severe at diagnosis when compared with adult keratoconus.1 There is also a correlation between keratoconus and axial myopia so ...
Retinal detachment in children
High myopes have 5-6 times higher risk of developing retinal detachments compared to low myopes.1 They also happen in adult myopes, right? Wrong! Retinal detachments can happen at any age, ...
Five year cumulative incidence of myopic maculopathy in Germany
Title: Five-Year cumulative Incidence and Progression of Myopic Maculopathy in the German population – results from the Gutenberg Health Study Authors: Susanne Hopf1 , Franziska Heidt1,4 , Christina A. Korb1 ...
Possible unintended impact of atropine on retinal signaling
Title: Low dose atropine might affect alpha ganglion cell signalling in the mouse retina Authors: Qin Wang (1), Feng Pan (1,2) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong Centre ...
