{"id":27176,"date":"2026-05-23T11:46:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27176"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:10:39","slug":"myopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/myopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Myopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Myopia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Myopia has become a major global public health concern and it was estimated that nearly half the world\u2019s population are expected to be myopic by 20250.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Myopia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>common vision condition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which <\/span><b>close objects look clear<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but <\/span><b>far objects look blurry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The medical term for nearsightedness is myopia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>How does it occur?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For people with normal vision, light passes through the clear cornea at the front of the eye and is focused by the lens onto the surface of the retina.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who are having myopic <\/span><b>typically have eyeballs that are too long<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from front to back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, light entering the eye is focused too far forward, in front of the retina instead of on its surface.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is this change that <\/span><b>causes distant objects to appear blurry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The longer the eyeball is, the farther forward light rays will be focused and the more severely nearsighted a person will be.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye experts are still unsure of the exact cause of myopia, but believe it to be a mix of <\/span><b>hereditary and environmental factors.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It usually <\/span><b>begins in childhood or adolescence.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It tends to <\/span><b>worsen with age until adulthood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when it may stop getting worse (stabilize). In some people, nearsightedness improves in later adulthood.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Symptoms:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nearsightedness can lead to squinting, eyestrain, headaches, and significant visual impairment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Treatment<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Glasses or contact lenses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can correct myopia in children and adults.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For adults only (with rare exceptions for children), there are several types of refractive surgeries that can also correct myopia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Negative (minus) powered lenses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are used to correct nearsightedness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/the-myopia-pandemic-how-changing-childhoods-are-blurring-our-future\/article70977912.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myopia is a common vision condition in which close objects look clear but far objects look blurry. 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