Sources and Resources

Fortin, Patricia, and Justin Kwan.
“The Myopia Management Opportunity in the United States Using the 2020 Census.”
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 1 June 2022

Joachim, Nichole, et al.
“The Incidence and Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration over 15 Years: The Blue Mountains Eye Study.”
PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Dec. 2015

TC, Burton.
“The Influence of Refractive Error and Lattice Degeneration on the Incidence of Retinal Detachment.”
Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1989.

Pan, Chen-Wei, et al.
“Differential Associations of Myopia With Major Age-Related Eye Diseases.”
Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Feb. 2013

Bullimore, Mark A, et al.
“The Risks and Benefits of Myopia Control - Ophthalmology.”
Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 4 May 2021

Eye Disease	1.8x	-3.00	-6.00	-10.00
Myopic Macular Degeneration	1.87x	6.53x	42.76x	522.9x
Retinal Detachment	1.43x	2.92x	8.55x	35.76x
Glaucoma	1.39x	2.69x	7.21x	26.92x
Cumulative Risk of Myopia Related Visual Impairment*	4%	7%	10%	21%

*These percentages are approximated assuming an average life span, and are only referring to myopia related visual impairment.

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Learn more about what myopia management is here:

What Myopia Management Is and What It Is Not

Learn more about some of the treatment options here:

Consider Ortho-K For Myopia Control

Studies about the efficacy of nighttime corneal molding:

Studies about the efficacy of peripheral defocus soft contact lenses:

Studies about the efficacy of low dose Atropine:

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