Case study: Myopia management in practice 1

Optometrists regularly encounter the myopic child who presents for an eye examination complaining of blurred vision while viewing the board at school. It is easy to follow the well-trodden path; prescribe spectacles with the expectation that the prescription will increase and so recommend a review in six or 12 months.

However, it is important to appreciate myopia represents more than just refractive error. This case study offers an insight into a typical myopic family, where myopic parents have had first-hand experience of the pathological consequences of myopia and would rather prevent the same happening to their three rapidly progressing myopic children.