Myopia: Understanding Symptoms, Types, and Treatment Options

• Myopia, or short-sightedness, is a refractive error where distant objects appear blurred because light focuses in front of the retina.
• Common symptoms include difficulty seeing distant objects clearly, squinting, eye strain, and headaches, often worsening with distant vision tasks.
• Myopia has two main forms: simple myopia (often stabilizes by adulthood) and pathological myopia (progressive, with irreversible retinal changes requiring regular evaluation).
• Corrective glasses are the simplest and safest treatment for myopia, providing immediate visual improvement, being non-invasive, inexpensive, and protecting eyes from dust and UV rays.
• Other treatments include contact lenses (offer wider visual field but require strict hygiene) and LASIK (a surgical option for stabilized myopia that reshapes the cornea).

Why It Matters: This guide helps identify and manage myopia, a common vision impairment.