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myopia control 在 A Happy Mum Facebook 的最佳解答
This little dancer is feeling elated today because she doesn't need to wear her specs, woohoo!
It's been over four months since she put on her first pair of glasses and we were told by her optometrist that her degree is increasing too fast, which isn't really a surprise judging by how she reads non-stop. She doesn't get much screen time and is device-free for now, so books are really the main cause of her myopia.
Anyway, we were advised to try to control her progression as early as possible and considering how she doesn't like to put on specs in the first place because of her passion for dance, we have embarked on her Ortho-K journey with @eyesightdotsg.
I had a handful of queries from some of you last night and will be answering them via DM and sharing more info in my highlights too. Basicially, OrthoKeratology, or Ortho-K, is a treatment to stop myopia progression and allows you to have practically perfect eyesight in the day without glasses. You will need to wear a special lenses to sleep at night - which reshapes your cornea - and be committed and diligent in keeping up with the routine.
It's the first day that the big girl is going to be specs free after all these months and we are very excited to see where this journey will bring us. Follow my stories for more updates as we go along, yeah?
Have a great weekend, people, and be safe from the haze!
#ahappymum #orthokforkids #angelsorthokjourney #eyesightdotsg #myopiacontrol #sp #nospecs #fingerscrossed #firstborn #mylittledancer #sheisabookworm #happyday
myopia control 在 Dr 文科生 Facebook 的最佳解答
早前寫了一篇文章關於素人父母荒謬的近視見解以及不負責任地推介不要配足近視眼鏡的度數。
不仿一起來看看醫學界對控制近視有什麼睇法。
對抗偽科學的最佳辦法是努力增值自己對科學和醫學的認識,那麼就不會被成日講一些似是而非的見解的素人父母誤導。
文科生誠意推介這篇文章
Part 2 - 眼藥水可減近視??
醫學治眼
上一回講到做「眼操」沒有證據能夠減低近視。今集又再翻查學術文獻, 睇睇有咩方法可以成功控制近視進展。
Cochrane collaboration 在幾年前有做過呢一個方面嘅 review:
Walline et al. Interventions to slow progression of nearsightedness in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD004916.
<< Cochrane collaboration 係一個非牟利機構, 也是 evidence based medicine 實證醫學界, 專門做位於證據等級金字塔頂部 meta-analysis 嘅權威。佢個 logo 係一個綜合多個婦產科關於使用類固醇研究嘅 'forest plot'。 ( show off 下先, 我都係一篇 Cochrane review 嘅 co-author ) >>
作者總括了二十三份關於治療兒童近視的研究。其中兩份研究是使用較弱的近視眼鏡 (under-correction)。十二份研究是使用漸進眼鏡, 一份研究使用漸進隱形眼鏡, 兩份研究使用 RGP 隱形眼鏡。一份研究用減低周邊遠視效果的特製鏡片。(香港理工大學眼科視光學院最近贏咗獎嘅研究, 都好似係 similar but opposite idea?)。 有六份研究使用眼藥水。
我平時收 eye-research emails 最多見到嘅研究都係講使用阿托品眼藥水 (Atropine eyedrops), 亦係該 review paper 結論指出對抑壓近視進展最有效的方法。
有趣的是, 我細個聽過話近視配眼鏡唔好配足這個做法, 原來研究結論係會令近視進展稍為變差, 'Under-correction of myopia was found to increase myopia progression slightly'!
阿托品眼藥水原理是減少眼球拉長 (axial length control),從而減輕近視加深速度。用阿托品眼藥水有冇副作用? 當然有! 阿托品眼藥水會影響虹膜括約肌 iris sphincter muscle,令你的瞳孔會被放大, 更多光線可以進入眼內, 所以使用者可能會出現畏光。 除此之外, 睫狀肌 ciliary muscle 亦會被放鬆, 令病人看近距離景象時視力模糊。
事實上在兒童眼科, 我們有時會用阿托品眼藥水於患有弱視的小童, 用來令較強的眼睛視力模糊, 從而令小孩更專注使用另一隻有弱視的眼, 'to make the weak eye work harder'.
印像中, 這些研究的結論通常是當這些使用 atropine 的小孩停止滴眼藥水, 他們的近視進展就會繼續。 所以, 如果讀緊這篇文嘅你已經二字頭 or older, 恐怕眼藥水這類療法已經與你無緣了!
PS. 所謂的 OK 鏡 (ortho-keratology), 有文獻指出用於小孩可以有效減輕近視進度:
Sun et al, Orthokeratology to Control Myopia Progression: A Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE
< 當然, 要戴幾多年, 係咪要由細個戴到十幾廿歲先有 permanent effect, that's also a big question >
<< also, 戴隱形眼鏡帶有其風險, 例如眼角膜細菌感染 bacterial keratitis, 嚴重甚至有可能導致失明!>>
#醫學研究
#治療近視
#弱視
#阿托品眼藥水
big thanks to Roy and Kin for their expertise!
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