Practical digital tools to effectively manage nearsightedness leveraging audiobooks, mobile phone apps, or smart home assistants. Monitor screen time and distance using Apple device’s health features.
Myopia in Children
Remove and stop wearing contact lenses if your child has pink eye. Contact the eye doctor if symptoms persist in case of infection. Keep backup glasses on hand.
Explore options to stop or slow nearsightedness (2023 US perspective): atropine, soft contact lenses, overnight lenses, and glasses. Take action promptly and adhere to treatment.
A multifocal contact lens has multiple prescription strengths within a single lens, helping people with presbyopia to see clearly or slow down the worsening of myopia in children.
The MyoAssist, developed by parents of nearsighted children, tracks outdoor time to help with effective nearsightedness management.
The U.S. FDA recommends “always removing contact lenses before swimming.” For clear vision at the pool, consider using prescription goggles.
MiYOSMART glasses are extensively studied and proven to halt or reduce myopia progression effectively. Parents from the USA can acquire them from Canada.
The Libby app provides access to free audiobooks available at US public libraries - a valuable tool to help manage nearsightedness in children.
Set outdoor time goals to empower your child for more outdoor time and curb myopic progression.
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