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Nearsightedness Learning Center
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No known prevention
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There is no way to prevent nearsightedness. Reading and watching television do not cause nearsightedness. In the past, dilating eye drops were proposed as a treatment to slow the development of nearsightedness in children, but they have never been...
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Myopia is generally considered a hereditary condition, which means that it runs in families. From this perspective there is nothing that can be done to prevent this disorder. However, because the percentage of people with myopia in the United Stat...
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Eye strain can be prevented by using sufficient light for reading and close work, and by wearing corrective lenses as prescribed. Those with corrective lenses should have regular eye examinations to see if their prescription has changed or if any ...
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Although no gene for myopia has been isolated, heredity is believed to play a role in myopia. If both parents are myopic, then the odds that the child will be myopic are as high as 60 percent. This drops to at most 40 percent when only one parent ...
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