Kinzer Flashcards

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Refractive error at birth

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  • normal bell curve distribution
  • skew towards hyperopia
  • Myopia:0-25% in newborns
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As infant grows…

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  • shift towards emmetropia
  • due to growth of eye
  • skew towards myopia
  • within first year of life
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Emmetropization

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-process in which refractive errors shift towards emmetropia

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Ocular development between 5-15

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  • development SLOWS
  • anterior chamber depth INCREASES (3D)
  • Vitreous chamber depth INCREASES(3D)
  • Axial length INCREASES(3D)
  • cornea is stable
  • Lens power DECREASES 1-2D
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Prevalence of myopia percentages

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  • 2% ages 7-8
  • 15% at age 15
  • total myopic prevalence: 25%
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Juvenile-onset myopia

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  • increase 0.5D per year in teens
  • reduced ability of lens to compensate for growth in axial length
  • slows 13-14 for Female and 15-16 in Males
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Adult-onset myopia

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-10% of population is moyopic after teens

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Age

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  • single most important determinant of distribution of refractive error
  • small portion of myopes at birth
  • infant myopia: premies
  • astigmatism in infants: most are under 1D cyl
  • ages 6-8-myopia first observed
  • Astigmatism decreases: ATR shift
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High school

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-refractive error stable

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Beaver-dam study

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  • decreases in prevalence of myopia in older age

- 40-80 see decrease

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Gender

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-trends in refractive error are inconclusive

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Ethnicity

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  • not enough data to determine id there is a trend in refractive error
  • other studies: asian>white>black
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NHANES study

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  • compared white to black

- whites were 2 times more prevalent

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Orinda longitudinal study

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  • kids 5-12

- different ocular components for groups with high prevalence and groups with low prevalence

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Geography

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  • results are messed with from other factors

- similar trends found in US ethnicity studies

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Diet

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  • results are unclear
  • cannot ethically take things out of a kids diet
  • Alaskan eskimos local food vs government= no conclusions
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Time

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  • inconclusive for studies that focus on different decades
  • different studies have different methods and differet characteristics of what determines “myopia”
  • over all, decrease prevalence in older age
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Myopia personality

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  • not strong data
  • introversion
  • no social leadership or activity
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Hyperopia personality

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  • not strong data
  • carefree
  • impulsive
  • hyperactive
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Systemic/ocular conditions

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-both effect development of the eye, so there will be an effect on refractive error

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Hyperopic occular diseases

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  • albinism(ocular form)
  • maculopathies
  • rod monochromacy
  • achromatopsia
  • nystagmus
  • microphthalmis(small eye)
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Glaucoma Near work theory

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prolonged reading=muscle contraction=increased eye pressure=elongate eye=myopia

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Glaucoma Associated conditions theory

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  • genetic link: high prevalence for positive steroid responce=glaucoma and myopia
  • risk of ocular hypertension is higher in myopes
  • risk of developing glaucoma is higher in myopes
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Against the rule astigmatism

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  • myopia
  • pellucid marginal degeneration
  • thins inferior cornea and flattens vertical corneal meridian
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Factors that for sure have an effect on refractive error

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  • age
  • ocular diseases
  • systemic diseases
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Factors that are inconclusive

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  • gender
  • ethnicity
  • geography
  • time
  • personality
  • diet
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27
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Name the 4 factors associated with refractive error

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  • hereditary
  • Near work Theory
  • intelligence
  • socioeconomic status
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28
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Hereditary factor

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Parent/child

  • axial length and corneal power
  • 1 parent=0-20% chance
  • 2 parents=30-40% chance

Twins

  • axial length, corneal power, refractive error
  • monozygotic twins are more similar
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29
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Near work theory factor

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  • excessive reading in childhood
  • increase in myopia among educated eskimos
  • decrease in myopia in WWII in Japan
  • adult onset myopia in college

EXCESSIVE AXIAL LENGTH AND MYOPIA IS LINKED TO READING, SCHOOLING, STUDYING, AND NEAR WORK

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Intelligence factor

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  • myopes have higher scores on tests of intelligence
  • compared tests for same age group
  • hyperopes read worse and perceptual anomalies are more frequent
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Socioeconomic factor

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  • two large studies
  • myopes more frequent in HIGH socioeconomic levels
  • connection to intelligence and education
32
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First month of life refractive error distribution of refractive error

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from -10D of myopia to +5D of hyperopia

  • Mean refracted error: -0.7D
  • shift toward emmetropia with age
  • decrease in ATR in first few years
  • higher degree of of myopia in premature babies
33
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Change in refraction in school aged years

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  • see most refractive changes
  • linear change between 7 and 12 years old
  • children who are myopic at age 5 will become MORE myopic
  • children entering school with 0-+0.5D of hyperopia will become myopic
  • children entering school with +0.5-+1,24D will be emmetropic at age 13
  • children entering with +1.50D of hyperopia or more will still be hyperopic
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Changes in hyperopes Vs myopes in school aged kids

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  • greatest changes in refractive error occur in myopes

- rate of progression is FASTER when a child crosses FROM hyperopia TO myopia`

35
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Four types of myopia

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  1. congenital:birth
  2. Youth-onset:school aged
  3. Early adult onset (late teens- 40s)
  4. Late adult onset (40 and up)
36
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Youth-onset

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  • most common myopia
  • 5-6 years prevalence: 2%
  • 15-16 year prevalence: 20-25%
  • onset for females is 2 years earlier than males
37
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Ocular optical component in progression of myopia in school aged kids

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  • AXIAL ELONGATION continues into late teens

- increased vitreous chamber is more prevalent than increased anterior chamber depth

38
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Ocular optical component in progression of hyperopia in school aged kids

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  • decrease in refractive power
  • decrease in corneal lens and crystalline lens
  • axial length stops at early teens
  • experience changes, but they are all proportional
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Myopic in comparison to emmetropes

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  • greater vitreous depth
  • greater corneal power
  • greater posterior crystalline lens radius
40
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Females vs males

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  • shorter eyes
  • steeper cornea
  • more powerful crystalline lens
41
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Factors that affect the rate of childhood myopia

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  • earlier the onset of myopia occurs, the greater the progression and faster
  • more reading
  • better readers
  • more time inside
  • higher IOP
  • temporal crescents inside the eye
  • near work
42
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Why is a shorter reading distance associated with myopia?

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-shorter distance=more accomodation=more axial length=more myopia

43
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Childhood myopia and astigmatism

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  • children with ATR at 5-6 develop myopia more than kids with WTR
  • once myopic, ATR do not have a greater progression
44
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Myopic control

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  • medication
  • rigid CL
  • biofcals glasses
  • progressive glasses
45
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Medication control of myopia

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Atropine and pirenzepine

  • used in dilation
  • knocks off focusing muscles
  • affects development of retinal ganglion cells
  • complete cyclo
  • distortion from dilation
  • possible allergies
  • once you stop treatment, myopia ACCELERATES
46
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Rigid CL myopic control

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  • flattens cornea(axial elongation continues)
  • increases hyperopia
  • Gas permeable CL are effective, but only when CL wearing is continued
47
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Bifocals and progressives

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  • bifocals have line and progressives have intermediates
  • reading add=less strain=less elongation=less myopia
  • can also be used for vergence and accomodation problems
  • rates of myopic progression are less in bifocals than single vision
  • MOST EFFECTIVE FOR CHILDREN WITH ESOPHORIA AT NEAR. SHIFTS IS TO ORTHO/LOW EXO RANGE (changes postrure)
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Refractive changes in young adulthood

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  • refractive errors stabilize
  • some may have an onset of myopia(college)
  • some have very small shift in hyperopic direction
49
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Mean annual change in refractive error in young adults

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  • 20-34: -0.05D a year

- 35-53: +0.03D a year

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Early Adult onset Myopia

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  • onset in 20-40 years
  • prevalence for myopia increases from 20% at 20 years old to 30% at 40 years old
  • progression rate is less in early adult than in youth-onset
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Difference in Youth-onset and Early adult onset

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  • Youth-onset: before puberty

- Early-adult onset: after puberty

52
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3 possibilities of myopia

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  • adult stabilization
  • adult continuation
  • adult acceleration
53
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Adult stabilization

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-childhood myopia progression is followed by stabilization of refractive error in young adulthood

54
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Adult continuation

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childhood myopia progression followed by a general slower progression of myopia in young adulthood

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Adult acceleration

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-refractive change in the myopic direction accelerates in young adulthood

56
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Myopia and corneal power

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  • adults with increases in myopia tend to have increases in corneal power
  • still a decrease in crystalline lens power
57
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Myopia progression and college

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less than 10% of emmetropes and low hyperopes will develop myopia before age 40 in populations where subjects are not in college

  • 20-40% of emmetropes and low hyperopes are likely to become myopic before age 40 when they go to college or are in the military
  • unlikely for high hyperopes to be myopic even after college
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overall trend in young adults

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-emmetropes and low hyperopes shift towards myopia is LESS COMMON AND LESS IN AMOUNT than myopes

59
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age different low hyperopes and early adult onset myopia

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-17-18 year old low hyperopes are more likely to become myopic in near work situations than older low hyperopes

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Astigmatism in young-adult

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-overall shift to being WTR

61
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Refractive changes from age 40 and up

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  • trend toward hyperopia
  • refractive error increases in plus from 40-60 then DECREASES from 60 up
  • +1.24D change over 24 years
  • mean yearly rate change: +0.5D
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Nuclear cataract

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  • age related nuclear cataracts give a shift to myopia

- some old people will notice they can read better so thats why

63
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Astigmatism and Age 40 and up

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-shift towards ATR

64
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Emmetropization considerations

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  • peak of refractive error distributions occurs at emmetropia and low hyperopia
  • coordinated growth of the eye AND some form of vision-dependent feedback system
65
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Changes in ocular optical components

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Separately: large changes in refractive error
Together: less changes in refractive error

66
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Vitreous depth

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-in childhood: increases which means myopic

67
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Anterior chamber depth

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-increases in children=myopia

68
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Crystalline lens

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power and thickness decrease for hyperopia

-posterior surface mostly involved in emmetropization

69
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Vision dependent feeback system

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  • axial length changes based on vision input
  • large refractive errors occur when eye does not have normal ocular imagery
  • treatment of spectacles aids in emmetropization process and reduces amblyopia
70
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High myopia eye things

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  • lid hemangiomas
  • ptosis
  • neonatal eyelid closure
  • retinopathy of prematurity
71
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Theories of myopic development

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  • etiology unknown
  • genetic inheritance(+some lifestyle and environmental)
  • near work
72
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Primary theory for myopia

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  • near work theory

- accommodation increases IOP and leads to stretching of the posterior segment of the eye and axial longation

73
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Mechanical forces on the sclera

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-tension from extraocular muscles and IOP increase axial elongation

74
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Retinal defocus

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  • defocus itself alters axial length

- not a mechanism of accommodation

75
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Retinal biochemistry

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-some molecules stop myopia and some induce it

76
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theories of astigmatism

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  • eyelid tension steepens the vertical corneal meridian and causes WTR
  • corneal WTR decreases when the eyelid is lifted
  • increases when palpebral aperature is narrowed
  • shift towards ATR in over 40 because decreased lid tension