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There are medical conditions that can accelerate myopia or hyperopia progression, so please see an [[optometrist]] or other medical doctor for an exam to be sure you don't have any medical issues. Just like you'd get your kid checked out if he was a little short for his age, but just focus on healthy lifestyle choices if his health was otherwise good. | There are medical conditions that can accelerate myopia or hyperopia progression, so please see an [[optometrist]] or other medical doctor for an exam to be sure you don't have any medical issues. Just like you'd get your kid checked out if he was a little short for his age, but just focus on healthy lifestyle choices if his health was otherwise good. | ||
If your vision problems are entirely due to refractive state, your doctor will probably proscribe glasses that bring you up to [[Snellen Chart|20/20]] vision. At the point that you've been medically cleared and have a [[prescription]] you are ready to start the EM method. | |||
Revision as of 01:47, 1 June 2020
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one material into another. Your eye is a complex system of multiple layers of material with different refractive indexes, all trying to project the great big wide world onto your tiny retina. Sometimes there is a mismatch between the refraction of the eye and it's length, and the focusing system at the front of the eye misses it's target in the back. This causes myopia or hyperopia, which is not a medical disease in and of itself, but just a description of your refractive state not being perfect.
There are medical conditions that can accelerate myopia or hyperopia progression, so please see an optometrist or other medical doctor for an exam to be sure you don't have any medical issues. Just like you'd get your kid checked out if he was a little short for his age, but just focus on healthy lifestyle choices if his health was otherwise good.
If your vision problems are entirely due to refractive state, your doctor will probably proscribe glasses that bring you up to 20/20 vision. At the point that you've been medically cleared and have a prescription you are ready to start the EM method.