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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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Nearsightedness or myopia is the most common cause of blurred vision when viewing objects at a distance. People with nearsightedness must squint or strain to see objects that are not nearby. This is most notable for children in a classroom ...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-nearsightedness.htm
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Myopia is a vision defect commonly known as nearsightedness. Those with myopia can see clearly up to a certain distance, then objects begin to appear fuzzy or out of focus. Distant road signs ... how do measures like 20 - 400 (i.e. nearsighted see at 20 feet what normal vision sees at 400 feet) and diopters relate?
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-myopia.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-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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Nearsighted glasses, contact lenses, and laser refractive surgery are all used to move the image from in front of the retina to on the retina itself! For more information about laser refractive surgery to correct nearsightedness, see our Refractive Surgery page...
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eugeneeyecare.com/conditions/What_is_Nearsightedness,_F...
eugeneeyecare.com/conditions/What_is_Nearsightedness,_Farsightedness,_and_AstigmatismQQ.html
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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 or nearsightedness is when you cannot see objects at a distance. Seeing street signs, words written on movie or TV screens, and school room chalk or dry erase boards can be a problem with myopia. This eye problem starts mostly betwee...
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/thriftyliving/tl-eyes.html
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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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www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=MCH&lic=132&cat_i...
www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=MCH&lic=132&cat_id=20204&article_set=30674&ps=309
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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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