February 2024 Virtual event Presentation
By Jorge Giovanni Vargas Velasco OD, PhD(c), MSc, FIACLE, Colombia
Héctor Hugo Páez OD, Colombia
Alejandro Tapia OD, Colombia
Leonardo Orjuela OD, Colombia
About the presentation
The World Council of Optometry together with CooperVision hosted its first Latin American multi-day virtual event called “Myopia Management: From Theory to Practice,” in February 2024.
This is Module 2. Have you not watched Module 1? Watch it here.
Module 2, hosted by Dr. Ariolfo Vazquez, focuses on myopia management interventions. Listen to Dr. Jorge Giovanni Vargas Velasco discussing spectacle lenses for managing myopia, followed by Dr. Héctor Hugo Páez who gives a detailed overview of contact lenses used for myopia management. Our third speaker is Dr. Alejandro Tapia who presents orthokeratology as an intervention; and we conclude with Dr. Leonardo Orjuela who looks at the use of atropine in myopia management.
We conclude with a very active Q&A session where more than 120 questions were submitted to our speakers!
Dr. Vargas: I generally do quarterly follow-ups with children undergoing myopia management in spectacle lenses. It is important for us to make parents and children aware that these follow-ups may result in having to change the lenses, for example, it may be that after six months some change has occurred and we need to update the lenses Some companies give what they call a guarantee, meaning, if there is a change in the prescription, they change the lens for us. Typically, however, the lenses last about one year.
Dr. Vargas: I have asked myself that question. I thought I would have children return and say that the concentric circles in the lenses were visible and somehow be a problem, however, I have yet to get such feedback.
Dr. Paez: Current available research has looked at additions of +2.50D, +2.00D and +1.00D, and the option that has given the best result in multifocal lenses is +2.50D. Fortunately, children’s pupils are not miotic as those of adults in adapting to a multifocal lens.
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Prepared by the World Council of Optometry Myopia Management Resource Committee 2023.
The World Council of Optometry Myopia Management Standard of Care initiative is a collaborative partnership between World Council of Optometry and CooperVision.
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When to wear it
Considerations
Shown to improve confidence and ability to participate in activities.
Typically more availability for astigmats.
No wearing time during waking hours.
Optical correction is still needed.
* Excluding children frequently engaged in water sports.
