How to take care of my visual health? Myopia prevention
Abstract
Currently, refractive errors are becoming more and more important in public health. There are records of increasing cases, especially in Asia, where there is a prevalence of up to 83.3% in young people. Refractive errors represent a mismatch with the axial length of the eye and its optical power, resulting in unsharp retinal images. In the aetiology of myopia there are both genetic and environmental factors that coexist in the development of myopia. In the factors, some are known such as family history, age of the affected person, years of schooling, as well as intelligence, date of birth, proximity jobs, urbanization and ethnicity. In the main preventive activities, it has been demonstrated that outdoor activity could result in the decrease of progression, as well as in the appearance of myopia. At present, in the face of intense and prolonged schooling, especially in children, health measures such as promoting outdoor activities at school age, as well as limiting work in front of screens, result in protective factors in the development and progression of myopia.
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