Myopia often begins during childhood. This happens when the eyeball grows too long, thus, causing blurry distance vision. In most cases, myopia tends to get worse as the kid gets older as their eyes will continue to grow. There are many factors that may affect your child's myopia progression speed:
- the family history of myopia,
- ethnicity - Asian children have the highest risk [1],
- lifestyle - the amount of near work,
- previous history of premature delivery.
References:
1. Theophanous C, Modjtahedi B, Batech M, Marlin D, Luong T, Fong D. Myopia prevalence and risk factors in children. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2018;Volume 12:1581-1587. doi:10.2147/opth.s164641
