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Nearsightedness


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Alternate Names : Myopia, Shortsightedness

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Nearsightedness Treatment

Nearsightedness is easily compensated for by the use of eyeglasses or contact lenses, which shift the focus point to the retina. There are several surgical procedures that reshape the cornea, shifting the focus point from in front of the retina to the retina.

Radial keratotomy is a surgical procedure popular in the recent past. Now it has been almost completely replaced by LASIK, in which an excimer laser is used to reshape the cornea.

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Review Date : 1/28/2002
Reviewed By : Edward B. Feinberg, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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