Extreme Myopia

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Orange32 · 09/05/2011 10:24

My DS,6, has extreme short sight (-14L & -16R). i am just curious if other parents have kids with extreme short sight and if their vision improved over the years
Thanks

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Ben10isthespawnofthedevil · 09/05/2011 11:51

I have bad myopia. I am now 33 and at my worst I was -15 and -14. I am now -13 ish. I have had contacts since age 13 prescribed by the nhs contact lenses clinic so the cost is greatly subsided. Apparently they keep the eye from getting worse too quickly.

I have been able to achieve loads due to the lenses like learning to swim and playing volleyball to national league level.

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Orange32 · 09/05/2011 15:02

Thanks

At what stage did you vision start to stabilise/improve. I have had contact lens mentioned before but he is too young at the moment

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Ben10isthespawnofthedevil · 09/05/2011 17:04

My eyesight was quite static up until about 5 years ago when it started to gradually improve. I do know that children can wear lenses if there are medical reasons and the parents/children can tolerate them - not sure whether wearing them at his age would stop his eye sight getting worse?

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