Contact lenses for childhood myopia | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2019年11月27日—ContactlensoptionsforchildrenwithmyopiaincludeMiSight(worn...thebeginningtomonitorandreviewtreatmenteffectandeyehealth.

While Orthokeratology (also called Ortho K) and MiSight lenses are fundamentally very different, they can both achieve similar outcomes.

Studies show that both Ortho K and MiSight can slow the rate of myopia progression in children by an average of around 50%, compared to wearing single-vision lenses. As with any health treatment, there is individual variability in treatment outcomes — some patients may achieve better than expected results, and others less.

Ortho K and MiSight lenses reduce myopia progression by focusing peripheral light in front of the retina, rather than behind the retina as occurs with regular glasses that only produce a single plane of focus. This is believed to reduce the stimuli for the eye to grow longer. Reducing abnormal eye growth and elongation is the goal of...