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👁️ Are you a practitioner preparing for Myopia Awareness Week?
This year’s theme is “Screens Down, Eyes Up” (19–25 May)
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#MyopiaAwarenessWeek #ScreensDownEyesUp #OptometryUK #MyopiaManagement #PrimaryCare #MAW2025
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Not all glasses are made equal!.
Specialist myopia control glasses are designed not only to correct blurry distance vision, but also to help slow myopia progression in some children.
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#MyopiaControlGlasses #Myopia #ChildrensEyeHealth
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Imagine your child wearing contact lenses overnight, then seeing clearly during the day without glasses.
This is Ortho-K.
Our guide explains how night lenses may be used in childhood myopia management.
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#OrthoK #MyopiaControl #ChildrensVision
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Myopia is more than “needing glasses”.
If your child is short-sighted, understanding their risk of progression can help you ask better questions at their next eye test.
Try the Myopia Focus Risk Screener:
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#MyopiaManagement #Parenting #EyeHealth
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New to myopia management?
Our Complete Guide to Myopia Control helps parents understand what myopia is, why progression matters, and what treatment options may be available.
Read the guide:
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#Myopia #MyopiaControl #ChildrensEyeHealth #MyopiaManagement
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When Lily & Reuben were diagnosed with #myopia, their parents thought nothing of it!
They were both short-sighted, so of course their children were too.
But through serendipity, they would come to understand more about myopia... 🤯 Read their story here:
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Could indigo light therapy offer a new myopia control treatment?
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#Myopia #MyopiaManagement #VisionScience
A child with myopia may struggle to read the board, recognise faces at distance or follow the ball during sport.
Our Vision Simulator helps parents see why correction and management matter.
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#ChildrensVision #MyopiaAwareness
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One eye test gives you a snapshot. Several eye tests show the trend. Use our Prescription Tracker to help understand your child’s myopia journey over time.
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#MyopiaAwareness #Parents
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Did you know there is more than one type of myopia?
Understanding the difference between axial and refractive myopia can help parents better understand what is happening in their child’s eyes.
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#TypesOfMyopia #ChildhoodMyopia #EyeHealth
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Take your child from an eyetest - you'll be glad you did. In the UK Children under 16, and under 19s in full-time education, are entitled to free NHS sight tests.
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#ChildhoodMyopia #Optometrist #EyeHealth #NHS
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When it comes to myopia, eye growth matters.
Our Axial Length Estimator helps parents fill in the gaps by estimating thier child's axial length based on previous prescription.
Try it here:
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#AxialLength #MyopiaManagement #EyeHealth #MyopiaControl
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Myopia Focus is here to help parents understand childhood myopia, ask better questions and find the right support.
Explore our free tools, guides and specialist finder:
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#MyopiaFocus #Parents #ChildrensEyeHealth
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Myopia is not just about blurry vision today. Higher levels of myopia can increase the risk of eye disease later in life.
Our visualiser can help you understand why slowing progression matters: zurl.co/fV3GK
#Myopia #ChildrensVision #ParentEducation
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How Bad Is My Child’s Myopia? Any number can feel worrying if nobody has explained what they mean. So is your childs -0.75, -1.50, -3.00 or -6.00 bad?
Our guide helps parents understand different levels of myopia:
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#Myopia #Parents #ChildEyeHealth
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Myopia is more than “needing glasses”.
If your child is short-sighted, understanding their risk of progression can help you ask better questions at their next eye test.
Try the Myopia Focus Risk Screener:
zurl.co/ckoY4
#MyopiaManagement #Parenting #EyeHealth
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Worried your child might be at risk of myopia?
Take our free online risk assessment and get a clearer picture of the factors that may affect your child’s vision.
Start here:
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#ChildrensEyeHealth #Myopia #MyopiaFocus
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Myopia management options can include specialist glasses, contact lenses, Ortho-K and atropine.
The right choice depends on your child.
Find an eye care professional who can help:
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#MyopiaControl #Parents #EyeCare
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If you're a myope - Help your children, before they are even short-sighted!
More time outdoors. Regular breaks from close-up work. Better awareness of screen and reading habits.
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#MyopiaAwareness #Parents #EyeHealth
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Take your child from an eyetest - you'll be glad you did. In the UK Children under 16, and under 19s in full-time education, are entitled to free NHS sight tests.
zurl.co/18SWV
#ChildhoodMyopia #Optometrist #EyeHealth #NHS
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At Myopia Focus, we believe every parent should have access to better information about childhood myopia, and every child with progressing myopia deserves the chance to be properly assessed and supported.
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