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Myopia is a progressive disease that inensifies over time. Dr. Steven Chander's children were diagnosed with myopia at eight years old.
Now that they are 21, he is proud to say they have had very little change to their vision through Primary Eye Care Associates' myopia management.
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Myopia management is a relatively new term
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for a concept in preventing
children's eyesight from deteriorating.
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When a child is diagnosed with myopia,
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one of the things that we do look
at is the child's parents.
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Is there a family history of myopia,
and how near sighted does the patient get?
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Myopia is actually a disease.
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This is a progressive thing.
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Patient's eyesight deteriorates over time,
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and it seems to be a general acceptance
that another year has passed by,
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so we're going to increase
the child's prescription.
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The way that we generally prevent myopia
from getting worse is establishing
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how big is the eyeball,
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and then what can we do to slow down
the actual progressive growth?
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That's the real treatment
in myopia management.
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Patients should choose
Primary Eye Care Associates
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for their myopia management needs
because of our experience.
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My own twins were diagnosed
with myopia at age eight.
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They are now 21 years of age,
and I'm very proud to say that my daughter
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has had very little change
over the course of the last 12 years
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that she's been managing her myopia,
and my son has had actually no change.
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An experienced doctor
from treating their own children
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and family members
and use of the latest technology
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to help detect progressive myopia
is very, very important,
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and we have all of that
here at the clinic.
