Myopia is classified as which type of vision disorder?

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Myopia is classified as which type of vision disorder?

Myopia is a refractive error. It happens when light in the eye is focused in front of the retina, usually because the eyeball is a bit too long or the cornea is too steep. Because of that, distant objects look blurry while near objects can look clear. Treatments aim to change how light is bent before it hits the retina, using corrective lenses with a diverging (concave) shape or procedures that reshape the cornea. The other categories describe different kinds of problems: a visual field defect means parts of your side or central vision are lost or reduced; an ocular motility disorder involves the muscles that move the eyes, affecting alignment or motion; a color vision deficiency is trouble distinguishing colors due to cone function. So myopia fits as an alteration in refraction.

Myopia is a refractive error. It happens when light in the eye is focused in front of the retina, usually because the eyeball is a bit too long or the cornea is too steep. Because of that, distant objects look blurry while near objects can look clear. Treatments aim to change how light is bent before it hits the retina, using corrective lenses with a diverging (concave) shape or procedures that reshape the cornea.

The other categories describe different kinds of problems: a visual field defect means parts of your side or central vision are lost or reduced; an ocular motility disorder involves the muscles that move the eyes, affecting alignment or motion; a color vision deficiency is trouble distinguishing colors due to cone function. So myopia fits as an alteration in refraction.

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