Corrección de miopía a escolares usando lentes oftálmicos estudio a realizar en niños en edades entre 7 - 12 años en el Centro Médico Melvin Jones del CLGR, en el período 2016
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2016
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Universidad de Guayaquil. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Carrera de Tecnonología Médica
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La miopía es la ametropía que con mayor frecuencia se da en los niños a causa de
un excesivo tamaño del ojo o de la curvatura del cristalino, su principal síntoma es
la visión borrosa de lejos. La miopía es hereditaria y suele hacerse evidente a
partir de los 8 – 12 años de edad. La miopía si no es descubierta o tratada a tiempo
puede acarear problemas no solo a nivel visual sino en el desarrollo emocional y
educativo del niño, de allí la importancia de realizarse exámenes visuales a
tempranas edades. El trabajo realizado en el Centro Médico Melvin Jones del CLGR
a 140 niños de entre 7 a 12 años permitió diagnosticar la presencia de 60 niños
miopes (43%), a los cuales con la ayuda de la caja de pruebas se les pudo
determinar la corrección adecuada para el posterior tratamiento con lentes
oftálmicos esféricos negativos en un periodo de 6 meses, después de los cuales
se puso comprobar una mejora de la agudeza visual, ya que los niños con agudeza
visual de 20/20 pasaron de 0 a 25 tras el uso de las gafas, lo contrario ocurrió con
los niños que tenían 20 /70 cuyo número disminuyo de 7 niños a 0 tras el
tratamiento. Aparte también se creó un tríptico, el cual fue entregado a los padres
de los niños; en el cual mediante términos sencillos se explica un poco más sobre
la enfermedad, sus síntomas y modos adecuados de tratamiento; de esta forma se
busca evitar que la miopía evolucione y degenere aún más la salud visual.
Myopia is a refractive error that most often occurs in children because of excessive size of the eye or the curvature of the lens, its main symptom is blurred vision from afar. Myopia is hereditary and usually become apparent from the 8 to 12 years old. Myopia if not discovered and treated early can acarear problems not only visually but in the emotional and educational development of children, hence the importance of visual exams at an early age. The work done in the Melvin Jones CLGR Medical Center 140 children aged 7 to 12 years are allowed to diagnose the presence of 60 myopic children (43%), to which with the help of the test box were able to determine the correction suitable for subsequent treatment with negative spherical ophthalmic lenses in a period of 6 months, after which he began to check an improvement in visual acuity, since children with visual acuity of 20/20 went from 0-25 after use glasses, the opposite occurred with children who had 20/70 whose number decreased from 7 children to 0 after treatment. Besides a triptych, which was given to the parents of children was also created; in which by simple terms it explained a little more about the disease, its symptoms and appropriate treatment modes; thus it seeks to prevent myopia from degenerating further evolve and eyecare.
Myopia is a refractive error that most often occurs in children because of excessive size of the eye or the curvature of the lens, its main symptom is blurred vision from afar. Myopia is hereditary and usually become apparent from the 8 to 12 years old. Myopia if not discovered and treated early can acarear problems not only visually but in the emotional and educational development of children, hence the importance of visual exams at an early age. The work done in the Melvin Jones CLGR Medical Center 140 children aged 7 to 12 years are allowed to diagnose the presence of 60 myopic children (43%), to which with the help of the test box were able to determine the correction suitable for subsequent treatment with negative spherical ophthalmic lenses in a period of 6 months, after which he began to check an improvement in visual acuity, since children with visual acuity of 20/20 went from 0-25 after use glasses, the opposite occurred with children who had 20/70 whose number decreased from 7 children to 0 after treatment. Besides a triptych, which was given to the parents of children was also created; in which by simple terms it explained a little more about the disease, its symptoms and appropriate treatment modes; thus it seeks to prevent myopia from degenerating further evolve and eyecare.
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MIOPIA, ERRORES DE REFRACCION, SALUD OCULAR, LENTES OFTALMICOS, PEDIATRIA, ESCOLARES, CENTRO MEDICO MELVIN JONES DEL CLGR, CANTON GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR