Myopia – will Australia sink or swim in surging global wave?

The ophthalmologist Francisco Javier Fernández Perianes, of the Hospital Quirónsalud Clideba de Badajoz, has stated that the use of mobile devices almost doubles the number of cases of minors with myopia, in addition to influencing in a "negative" way other aspects related to their health, sleep, socialization and development. "We are seeing an important increase, almost to double, of the number of minors with myopia", explained Dr Fernández Per…

Myopia – will Australia sink or swim in surging global wave?

The global tsunami that is myopia is having an impact on Australian shores as well. Image: Michal/stock.adobe.com.Myopia is surging around the world, with more younger patients at the head of the large wave now breaking against Australia’s ophthalmic sector. Insight assistant editor Rob MitchelL looks at what the nation’s eyecare professionals are doing to push back the tide. In 2020, as Australia and the rest of the world faced the global crisi…