| acemanvx@yahoo.com 2006-04-17, 6:21 pm |
| Ill answer one for Otis.
The excessive amount of reading and other close work that we do in our
modern society is the REAL cause of acquired myopia. And the glasses
that are normally prescribed by uncaring doctors make the vision get
worse FAST!
Reading Glasses. Reading glasses are not as effective as the Myopter
but they are still a powerful tool in controlling myopia. They can be
purchased off-the-rack in stores for a low price. You should select
lenses that are strong enough to eliminate accommodation at normal
reading distance. For a child just moving into myopia, this means +3
lenses. They should be used for all close work. Ideally, the book
should be held far enough away so that the print is slightly blurred.
The well-intended advice is occasionally given that more headway could
be made in convincing doctors to change their ways by toning down the
criticism and using reason instead. Sadly, their greed and self-imposed
ignorance are stronger than any reasoning. Change will not come through
reasoning with doctors. It will come when people learn how they are
being manipulated and demand an end to it. When tobacco companies use
every trick they can to get people to smoke, in spite of the untold
misery that smoking has caused, a person still has a choice of smoking
or not smoking. But what choice does a child have when the eye doctor
prescribes minus lenses and nothing is said about choices? There is no
warning on the glasses stating, "This product may destroy your vision."
http://www.myopia.org/bifocals.htm
Bifocals greatly reduces myopia progression
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