Myopia: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Management (PDF)

By Zia Chaudhuri This book is a unique compilation of nine chapters on myopia; overviewing the impact of the increasing global prevalence of this emerging silent pandemic, especially in Asia, where it already is a significant public health problem; theories regarding its progression; preventive trials and innovative modalities to stagger and retard the increase in power; the concept of myopic anisometropia and unequal growth of both eyes, in spite of both eyes having the same genetic and environmental influences; the genetics and epigenetics of myopia and the most feared challenge of all, pathological myopia. It emphasizes that all high myopia is not necessarily pathological, though the chance of pathological myopia is more in high myopes. The monograph explores the close and cohesive association of myopia with open angle glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma, strabismus and ocular movements, which are thus significant risk factors for the development as well as progression of myopia. The increasing evidence that ocular movements, especially adduction, in certain cases, may be an intra-ocular pressure independent harbinger of what is commonly called “normal tension glaucoma” has immense translational connotations regarding the management of this doubly blinding condition, glaucoma and pathological myopia.
Product Details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DJFC5D9M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nova Medicine and Health (August 30, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 133 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8891138155