Specialists support through a variety of arguments that natural sunlight is beneficial to children’s vision. However, it can also represent a danger at the same time, having the potential to cause eye damage in the season when the light is more intense. Exposure to intense sunlight can cause myopia more quickly in children, as they are more vulnerable to it than adults.
What is myopia and how should it be properly controlled?
Myopia is a refractive error determined by an imperfection of the eyeball, whose shape is slightly elongated compared to the normal one. This horizontal elongation causes the inner refraction point, where the image is formed, to be slightly displaced from the level of the retina in front of it. This displacement of the refraction point causes blurred vision at a distance, accompanied by an additional effort to distinguish what the child cannot see clearly.
In specialized literature, myopia is not presented as a disease in itself, but is mentioned as a refractive error. Regarding its correction, myopia cannot be treated invasively or definitively in childhood, as the eye is still developing.
The growth process not only stands in the way of a surgical treatment, but also causes the optic apparatus to expand with it and the defect, which is why until the age of maturity, myopia will tend to progress and the diopter will increase.
However, specialists have found the optimal solution that can correct vision, control the progression of myopia and protect the child’s vision from intense sunlight, while also benefiting from other favorable effects.
MiYOSMART smart lenses, the ideal solution for myopia control
Thanks to an innovative technology, resulting from a research conducted by HOYA in partnership with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, MiYOSMART smart lenses manage to constitute the ideal solution for the control of myopia in children.
The technology behind these lenses is called DIMS – Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (D.I.M.S.) (multiple built-in defocus segments) achieving ca by simply wearing glasses to slow down the progression of myopia by approximately 60%, in 21.5% of cases myopia is permanently stopped from evolving. (The study “Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses slow myopia progression: a 2-year randomized clinical trial”, whose authors are: Lam CSY, Tang WC, Tse DY, Lee RPK, Chun RKM, Hasegawa K, Qi H, Hatanaka T, To CH. was conducted over two years and was published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology on May 29, 2019.)
This method perfectly adapted to the active lifestyle of children came in the context in which the incidence rate of myopia increased alarmingly, and the forecasts were not at all optimistic. A relatively recent study shows that at the European level, this incidence is on the rise, especially among the new generations, until the year 2050, up to 5 billion people may be affected by myopia. Basically, there is a risk of myopia spreading to half of the global population. (Statistics developed by the authors: Holden BA, Fricke TR, Wilson DA, Jong M., Naidoo KS, Sankaridurg P., Wong TY, Naduvilath TJ, Resniko_ S. in the work “Global Prevalence of Myopia and High Myopia and Temporal Trends from 2000 through 2050”, May 2016)
Vision protection for children affected by myopia against intense light
Most vision care specialists recommend a minimum of two hours a day in the open air, in order to benefit from natural light, a basic ally in slowing the progression of myopia.
In the hot season, however, intense sunlight can cause eye damage to children, who are much more vulnerable than adults to it.
For this reason, HOYA has improved the MiYOSMART lenses through a formula adaptable to any season, the spectacle lens MiYOSMART for the sun. It meets children in two versions, all equipped with DIMS technology.
MiYOSMART Chameleon – photochromic lenses adaptable to light intensity, the transition being made automatically at all levels of sunlight. They offer the child complete sun protection, whenever and wherever he is.
MiYOSMART Sunbird – polarized lenses that simultaneously ensure the control of myopia as well as the vibrant image of colors, like the one represented in their imagination. This version is also useful for children with photophobia.
Since its launch, more than four million MiYOSMART lenses have been purchased by parents around the world.
Thus, HOYA is a world leader in vision care innovation, continuously investing in research and education. MiYOSMART smart lenses, through the subsequent, improved versions, uphold the promise of this commitment and the continuity of this effort.
This article was provided by HOYA Lens Romania.
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2023-09-26 13:17:43
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