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Alternate Name(s): Myopia; Shortsightedness ...... Nearsightedness is when the eyes focus incorrectly, making distant objects appear blurred.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001023.htm#Def...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001023.htm#Definition
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Guide to causes, symptoms and treatment of myopia or nearsightedness including eyeglasses, contact lenses and LASIK. ... Nearsightedness, or myopia, is a vision problem experienced by up to about one-third of the population. Nearsighted people have difficulty reading highway signs and seeing other objects at a distance,
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www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/myopia.htm
www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/myopia.htm
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Myopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Myopia (Greek: , muōpia , "nearsightedness"), also called nearsightedness or shortsightedness , is a refractive defect of the eye in which collimated light produces image focus in front of the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myopia
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Nearsightedness, or myopia, as it is medically termed, is a vision condition in which close objects are seen clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. ... There is significant evidence that many people inherit nearsightedness, or at least the tendency to develop nearsightedness. If one or both parents are nearsighted,
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www.aoa.org/myopia.xml
www.aoa.org/myopia.xml
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You might be nearsighted if you have no problems seeing things up close but have trouble seeing things that are far away, like the chalkboard when you sit in the back of the classroom. ... You might be nearsighted if you have no problems seeing things up close but have trouble seeing things that are far away,
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Approximately one in four Americans is nearsighted, totaling 70 million people. The degree of myopia can vary from low (-1 to -3 diopters) to high (greater than 6 diopters). ... In a nearsighted eye, the cornea is too steeply curved for the length of the eye, causing light rays to focus in front of the retina.
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www.eyecaretyler.com/myopia.htm
www.eyecaretyler.com/myopia.htm
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5 I'm a child and politely disagree with the statement that says nearsightedness grows worse over time into adulthood because my eyesight corrected itself naturally over a few years. - anon28911 3 thanks now i know more about it... i'm near...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-nearsightedness.htm
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New research suggests that rigid gas permeable contact lenses may help slow the progression of nearsightedness, or myopia, in young children. At the end of a three-year study of more th ... A normal eyeball is round, while a nearsighted eye is shaped like an egg - somewhat oval. This irregular shape is the most common cause...
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www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/17743.php
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Near sighted. Near sighted. Information about Near sighted in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Defect of the eye in which a person can see clearly only those objects that are close up. It is caused either by the eyeball being too long or by the cornea ... Nearby objects are sharply perceived.
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encyclopedia.farlex.com/Near+sighted
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