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Childhood #Myopia is a growing epidemic. Get information & advice #myopiamanagement options & find local Myopia Specialists near you. https://nitter.cf/t.co/GqJaUR01yv
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👁️ Are you a practitioner preparing for Myopia Awareness Week?
This year’s theme is “Screens Down, Eyes Up” (19–25 May)
Read more: zurl.co/6D2Em
#MyopiaAwarenessWeek #ScreensDownEyesUp #OptometryUK #MyopiaManagement #PrimaryCare #MAW2025
Myopia is more than “needing glasses”.
If your child is short-sighted, understanding their risk of progression can help you ask better questions at their next eye test.
Try the Myopia Focus Risk Screener:
zurl.co/ckoY4
#MyopiaManagement #Parenting #EyeHealth
At Myopia Focus, we believe every parent should have access to better information about childhood myopia, and every child with progressing myopia deserves the chance to be properly assessed and supported.
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#myopia #ChildhoodMyopia
Could daily myopia control contact lenses be an option for your child?
Our guide explains how soft contact lenses can be used in myopia management and why suitability should always be discussed with an eye care professional.
zurl.co/a07F3
#MyopiaManagement
Do you know how your child’s prescription has changed over the last year?
Tracking the pattern can help you have a more informed conversation with your optometrist.
Try the Myopia Focus Prescription Tracker:
zurl.co/hJPL0
#MyopiaProgression #ChildVision
What is Myopia?
Myopia Focus is here to help parents understand childhood myopia, ask better questions and find the right support.
Explore our free tools, guides and specialist finder:
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#MyopiaFocus #Parents #ChildrensEyeHealth
Take your child from an eyetest - you'll be glad you did. In the UK Children under 16, and under 19s in full-time education, are entitled to free NHS sight tests.
zurl.co/18SWV
#ChildhoodMyopia #Optometrist #EyeHealth #NHS
Ortho-K is one of the better-known myopia management options, but many parents still have questions.
What are night lenses? Are they suitable for children? How do they work?
Our guide explains:
zurl.co/fnocB
#MyopiaManagement #OrthoK #ParentEducation
Myopia is more than “needing glasses”.
If your child is short-sighted, understanding their risk of progression can help you ask better questions at their next eye test.
Try the Myopia Focus Risk Screener:
zurl.co/ckoY4
#MyopiaManagement #Parenting #EyeHealth
Low-dose atropine is one of the treatment options sometimes discussed for children with progressing myopia.
But what is it? How is it used? And what should parents know?
Start here:
zurl.co/vnpeV
#MyopiaControl #EyeDrops #Parents
Concerned about your child’s myopia? Our best piece of advice - find a specialist who can help:
Use our map to find a myopia management specialist near you. zurl.co/xCEY5
You do not have to work it out alone.
#FindASpecialist #MyopiaManagement #Parents
Take your child from an eyetest - you'll be glad you did. In the UK Children under 16, and under 19s in full-time education, are entitled to free NHS sight tests.
zurl.co/18SWV
#ChildhoodMyopia #Optometrist #EyeHealth #NHS
Ever wondered what the world looks like to a child with myopia?
Our Vision Simulator helps parents see how different prescriptions can affect school, sport and everyday life.
Try it here:
zurl.co/NID0p
#MyopiaVisionSimulator #ChildrensEyeHealth
We think carefully about what our children eat. But what about what their eyes “feed on”?
Optometrist John Nguyen explores the idea of visual diet: the daily mix of light, distance, detail, movement & contrast that helps shape healthy eye development.
zurl.co/eUsL0
Myopia is more than “needing glasses”.
If your child is short-sighted, understanding their risk of progression can help you ask better questions at their next eye test.
Try the Myopia Focus Risk Screener:
zurl.co/ckoY4
#MyopiaManagement #Parenting #EyeHealth
Low-dose atropine is one of the treatment options sometimes discussed for children with progressing myopia.
But what is it? How is it used? And what should parents know?
Start here:
zurl.co/qiWkz
#MyopiaControl #EyeDrops #Parents
Daily contact lenses can be more than a vision correction option.
Some soft contact lenses are designed specifically for myopia management in children.
Find out more in our parent guide:
zurl.co/9Us7G
#MyopiaControl #ContactLenses #ChildrensVision
Not all glasses are made equal!.
Specialist myopia control glasses are designed not only to correct blurry distance vision, but also to help slow myopia progression in some children.
Learn more:
zurl.co/UBBmz
#MyopiaControlGlasses #Myopia #ChildrensEyeHealth
Take your child from an eyetest - you'll be glad you did. In the UK Children under 16, and under 19s in full-time education, are entitled to free NHS sight tests.
zurl.co/18SWV
#ChildhoodMyopia #Optometrist #EyeHealth #NHS
Imagine your child wearing contact lenses overnight, then seeing clearly during the day without glasses.
This is Ortho-K.
Our guide explains how night lenses may be used in childhood myopia management.
zurl.co/k0HGq
#OrthoK #MyopiaControl #ChildrensVision
New to myopia management?
Our Complete Guide to Myopia Control helps parents understand what myopia is, why progression matters, and what treatment options may be available.
Read the guide:
zurl.co/D7rmE
#Myopia #MyopiaControl #ChildrensEyeHealth #MyopiaManagement
