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Letter: On closer inspection, myopia is a mixed bag (1)

Published 27 November 2024

From Margaret Woodhouse, Tirphil, Caerphilly, UK

As a myope and optometrist, I find the term “disease” for myopia misleading. Axial length of the eye is a continuum; people whose eyes don’t grow long enough have hypermetropia/long-sight. No one says this is a disease, but it also requires spectacle correction (16 November, p 40).

Issue no. 3519 published 30 November 2024

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