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Nearsightedness : Prevention

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Prevention List

Prevention could include:
  • No known prevention

Prevention Overview Articles

Nearsightedness
There is no way to prevent nearsightedness. Reading and watching television do not cause nearsightedness.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 22, 2008
Myopia
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Myopia
Those with corrective lenses should have regular eye examinations to see if their prescription has changed or if any other problems have developed. This is particularly important for people with high(degenerative) myopia who are at a greater risk ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Myopia
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.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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