What complications can high myopia cause?

Myopia, if you use your eyes too much all the time, will easily lead to a rapid rise in the degree, leading to high myopia. High myopia refers to myopia above 600 degrees, because almost all high myopia has axial growth and obvious thinning of sclera at the posterior pole of eyeball, so it is easy to produce many serious complications, most of which can cause blindness, and it is the sixth leading blindness disease in China. But also will produce the following complications.

Speckle vision

-It is medically called vitreous opacity, which means that when people look at things, there are dark shadows fluttering in front of them, just like mosquitoes flying, mainly caused by vitreous liquefaction. It is suggested that myopic patients with floaters should have regular examinations and pay attention to the health of retina.

retinal detachment

—— Mainly manifested as sudden blurred vision, deformation and shadow occlusion, which can lead to blindness in severe cases. Once the retina falls off, it needs immediate surgery to avoid further deterioration of vision.

Retinal and choroidal atrophy

-Eyeball expansion causes posterior scleral staphyloma, which makes retina thin and atrophy. When atrophy involves macula, macular hemorrhage and hole may occur, and the visual acuity will be seriously reduced, resulting in central fixed scotoma.

glaucoma

According to statistics, many people with high myopia will develop glaucoma, which is the second leading blinding eye disease at present, characterized by high intraocular pressure, progressive decline of vision and narrowing of visual field.

cataract

-high myopia is easy to complicated with cataract. People with high myopia will have early cataracts, and the effect of cataract surgery is worse than that of people without high myopia history.

In addition to some of the complications described above, there will be? Macular degeneration, macular hemorrhage/? Vitreous liquefaction/? Strabismus, amblyopia/? Postscleral staphyloma, etc.

Tips? What are the precautions in life?

Keep a good attitude, eat reasonably, exercise moderately, and avoid excessive use of eyes.

For people with high myopia, try to avoid extreme and high-intensity strenuous exercise to prevent retinal detachment.

For children and adolescents, prevention and control are particularly important. Take your child to a professional eye health institution for a comprehensive eye examination as soon as possible, so as to find the signs of eye diseases in time; Establish children's refractive development files and update them once every six months to one year; Reduce the use of eyes at close range and better help children prevent high myopia!

Although high myopia may cause a variety of complications, there is no need to worry too much. You should take active preventive measures, especially adding lutein. Take good care of your eyes from an early age, properly control your eye time, use electronic products properly, and adjust your posture when reading or watching electronic products. Eyes are the most beautiful windows of the soul, please protect them together.