title: Myopia--a treatable "disease"?
abstract: The authors cite various information and misinformation regarding proposed treatments (atropinization, contact lenses, orthokeratology, wearing glasses, not wearing glasses) for the progression of myopia. They conclude that there is insufficient evidence to support the more vigorous approaches to treatment of myopia, and provide some useful explantations for patients and their parents who question the ophthalmologist's decision to treat conservatively.
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D002648:Child; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000009:adverse effects; D003315:Cornea / Q000502:physiology; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006801:Humans; D009216:Myopia / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D012029:Refraction, Ocular