Saif Almutairi

Department of Optometrist, King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Northwestern Region, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Review   
  Recent Approaches for Preventing and Slowing Myopia Progression
  Author(s): Saif Almutairi* and Khalid Almutairi
  
  Myopia is a common refractive error that continues to affect an increasing number of people worldwide and is expected to impact approximately 50% of the world’s population by 2050. Higher levels threaten vision, potentially leading to visual impairment or blindness. This review aims to examine the most recent approaches for preventing or slowing myopia progression, such as atropine, progressive lens spectacles, bifocal glasses, soft bifocal contact lenses, orthokeratology contact lenses and more outdoor activities. In a few children, orthokeratology has been demonstrated to diminish the elongation of the axial length of an affected eye and slow the progression of myopia at a modest rate. The most effective treatment for the progression of myopia is atropine. Furthermore, there is a link between the prevalence of myopia and the amount of time spent outdoors. The possible preventi.. Read More»