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In many cases, myopia will stabilize once the growth process has been completed, but in more severe chronic cases, loss of vision can occur. Degenerative myopia, also known as malignant, pathological, or progressive myopia, is characterized by posterior sclera elongation and thinning (at least 25.5 mm to 26.5 mm) and high refractive errors of ...
The Fuchs spot (also known as Förster-Fuchs' Spot [1]) is a degeneration of the macula in cases of high myopia.It is named after the two persons who first described it: Ernst Fuchs, who described a pigmented lesion in 1901, and Forster, who described subretinal neovascularization in 1862. [2]
In myopia that is no longer progressing, the crescent may be asymptomatic except for its presence on ocular examination. However, in high-degree myopia, it may extend to the upper and lower borders, or form a complete ring around the optic disc and form a central scotoma. The myopic crescent is commonly seen in pathological axial myopia.
For people with moderate to high myopia or thin corneas which cannot be treated with LASIK or PRK, the phakic intraocular lens is an alternative. [4] [5] As of 2018, roughly 9.5 million Americans have had LASIK [1] [6] and, globally, between 1991 and 2016, more than 40 million procedures were performed.
Texas Tech Physicians Internal Medicine, in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA), offered free, confidential memory screenings Wednesday to the Panhandle community in ...
The prevalence of myopia has been reported as high as 70–90% in some Asian countries, 30–40% in Europe and the United States, and 10–20% in Africa. [128] Myopia is about twice as common in Jewish people than in people of non-Jewish ethnicity. [130] Myopia is less common in African people and associated diaspora. [127]
The two programs took wildly different routes to get to Atlanta. Prior to the Peach Bowl, Texas and Arizona State had met exactly one time in history: 2007, when a Colt McCoy-led Longhorn team ...
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