Myopia (myopia)

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2022: One in three adults in Russia suffers from myopia

Every 3-4 adult resident of Russia suffers from myopia. This was announced in mid-October 2022 by the chief freelance ophthalmologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia, director of the National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases named after Helmholtz, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Neroyev.

According to him, the importance of reducing or losing vision is extremely high, since a person receives more than 80% of information about the world around him with the help of vision.

Every third adult resident of the Russian Federation suffers from myopia

Neroyev noted that the frequency of myopia in the lower grades of the school is 6-8%, and by the end of school almost 50%. All because the visual load of a student is comparable to the visual load of an adult.

As the chief freelance ophthalmologist of the Ministry of Health emphasized, modern diagnostic and treatment methods over the past 10 years have reduced the primary visual disability rate among adults in Russia by 33%, among children - by 28%.

At the same time, according to him, the preservation of acute vision is the task of not only the doctor, but also the patient. For the prevention of ophthalmic diseases, it is important to eat properly, observe the visual load regime, that is, working at a computer, take a break every 1.5 hours and perform daily eye gymnastics, as well as undergo medical examination and contact an ophthalmologist in a timely manner, the specialist explained.

By October 2022, the leading cause of vision disability in Russia is glaucoma. More than 1.3 million people in Russia have glaucoma. Timely detection of glaucoma, adequate treatment and rehabilitation allow patients to maintain their vision. People over 40 years old need to annually check intraocular pressure in order to detect glaucoma early, said the director of the National Medical Research Center of Eye Diseases named after Helmholtz, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.^[1]

2018

For 2018, myopia (myopia) ranks first among diseases associated with visual impairment, and half of the world's population is projected to suffer from the disease by 2050. For East Asia, the problem of myopia is especially acute: the incidence of myopia among young people is 80-97% in the region; among the sick, residents of cities prevail. In Singapore, 75% of teenagers wear glasses. The proportion of patients with myopia among children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 increased from 10 to 80% by 2018^[2].

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