Myopia (Short-sightedness)
Myopia is the most common refractive error of the eye and is becoming more prevalent. A myopic, or short-sighted person, has trouble seeing clearly far away. Usually, their distance vision will be blurry and their reading vision will be clear.
In myopia light comes to focus in front of the retina (back of the eye) instead of on the retina. This may occur for two reasons; either the focusing system (the lens and cornea) is …