What Are My Options for Correcting Nearsightedness?
Myopia, more commonly known as nearsightedness, is one of the most common vision problems in the world—especially among people under the age of 40. Myopia allows you to be able to see objects nearby with clarity—words on the page of a book, for instance—but will cause difficulty in seeing clearly across further distances. If you are myopic or nearsighted, you might have trouble reading road signs from far away, or difficulty reading from a whiteboard or projector screen from the back of a room.
Alarmingly, myopia is becoming even more common: in the year 2000, most studies indicated that the condition only affected about 25 percent of the global population. Today, most experts predict that half the people in the world will be myopic by 2050.
