Around a quarter of those over 40 years old suffer from myopia (Myopia) and especially in the industrialized countries this frequency is increasing.
As a nearsighted person, objects close by can still be clearly seen, while objects further away are blurred. This is because the eyeball has grown too long (Axial myopia) or the refractive power of the lens (Refractive myopia) is too strong, so that the bundling of the incoming rays is already visible in front of the retina and the nearsighted person sees blurred.
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The Therapy for myopia orientates itself according to the cause. For example, there may be an illness or an accident, which leads to myopia has led. This must first be excluded or treated before the ametropia of the eye can be corrected.
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Often times the most common form is the nearsighted contact lenses or Glasses related, which are able to compensate for the refractive errors of the eyes. For this purpose, concave glasses or one-sided concave contact lenses are used, which thus focus the Eye shift back to the retina.
Thanks to new technologies in refractory surgery, refraction and thus the myopia permanently improved.
For this purpose, the top layer of the Cornea Temporarily folded to the side so that access to the underlying tissue of the cornea is free. This is then reshaped and corrected by laser impulses, so that the folded-away cornea can then be folded back again and adheres to its original location and quickly grows together through adhesive forces.
This procedure takes place on an outpatient basis and the operated patients are fully able to work again after a few days.
$config[ads_text2] not foundThrough this method, myopic people can deal with up to - 10 diopters be helped, but the prerequisite is that the nearsightedness has remained constant for a long time and is not progressive.
Treatment by means of laser has so far been considered to be relatively low-risk, and patients with severe myopia or competitive athletes in particular can be given a lot of comfort when they are relieved of heavy glasses or slipped contact lenses.
However, you have to keep in mind that the Laser eyes is a medical procedure with all the associated risks. Especially recently, long-term reports have become more and more known, from which it emerges that there are sometimes glare effects at night and permanently dry eye to persistent "Grain of sand feeling" can come.
With this procedure, too, it must be weighed up how high the level of suffering actually is and what risks one would be prepared to bear, because the operation cannot be reversed.
The cost of laser surgery one myopia must be borne by the patient himself, as the statutory health insurance does not contribute to the expenditure. Per eye should be expected on average with 2000 €, if no further complications like Astigmatism (astigmatism) or the like.
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