Clinical Ophthalmology (Jan 2022)

Myopia in India

  • Pujari A,
  • Modaboyina S,
  • Agarwal D,
  • Saluja G,
  • Thangavel R,
  • Rakheja V,
  • Saxena R,
  • Sharma N,
  • Titiyal JS,
  • Kumar A

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 16
pp. 163 – 176

Abstract

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Amar Pujari, Sujeeth Modaboyina, Divya Agarwal, Gunjan Saluja, Rajeswari Thangavel, Vaishali Rakheja, Rohit Saxena, Namrata Sharma, Jeewan S Titiyal, Atul Kumar Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaCorrespondence: Amar PujariDr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Room no. 212, RPC-1, AIIMS, New Delhi, India, Email [email protected]: India is a culturally and geographically diverse nation. Its vast demographic nature does not allow a single definition for any of the given medical conditions in its territory. One important clinical condition which has created an uproar in the rest of the world is myopia. Its cause, prevalence, etiopathogenesis and other factors are being explored constantly; however, data with respect to Indian subcontinent are genuinely missing. Hence, in this review, we enumerate the country’s myopia journey from last 4 decades. The epidemiology, genetics, ocular/systemic association, quality of life, imaging, and management in myopia with necessary future directives are discussed to augment the overall management in future.Keywords: myopia, India, myopia in India, atropine therapy in myopia, genetics and myopia, retinopathy of prematurity and myopia, imaging in myopia, management of myopia

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