MONTEREY, Calif. — Digital devices, near work, less time outdoors and genetics contribute to increased myopia in children, but there are ways to mitigate progression, according to a speaker at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.
In one study that examined myopia progression in “the home confinement year of 2020,” there was a “tremendous increase, especially in the younger kids,” Rupa Wong, MD, said. There was a threefold increase in 6-year-olds, whereas the increase was only 1.4 times in 8-year-olds.
“They think that difference is because the younger