Myopia Control in Kids

If your child has trouble seeing objects in the distance, odds are good that he or she suffers from myopia. While it's common to diagnose myopia in children, there are things that you can do to control the symptoms and prevent the decline of your child's eyesight. We at Dr. C Vision Care serving Pensacola, FL, know a lot about myopia control in kids. An eye doctor on our team can give optometry and pediatric optometry services to help with myopia.

Myopia Control and Pediatric Optometry

The most common way to mitigate the effects of myopia is with corrective lenses. There are many options when it comes to glasses, but if your child is not happy with any of them be sure to talk with an optometrist on our team about contact lenses.

Corrective lenses do not actually slow down, stop, or reverse the symptoms of myopia. This means that most children will need yearly eye exams, and they can expect to need new lenses as their eyes progressively get worse as they age.

Recently, new eye drops have become available that can slow down this progression. The drops contain an ingredient that will help prevent the lens of the eye from further deformation. This will help prevent a child's eyesight from getting worse, but it will not make their eyesight better. Many optometrists have been prescribing these drops.

This means that if a child's declining eyesight is caught early enough, it is possible that these drops will prevent that child from needing glasses all the time. It might be possible to even prevent the need for glasses or contact lenses altogether. An eye doctor on our team can help with optometry and pediatric optometry services.

Contact Us for Pediatric Optometry from an Eye Doctor on Our Team

If you live in or around the Pensacola, FL, area and you think your child is having difficulty seeing, give our pediatric optometry office a call. An eye doctor on our team can help kids with myopia, and we want to work with you to ensure that your child has the best vision health they can. Call us at (850) 456-2019 Dr. C Vision Care.