Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Physics of Liquids and Biological Systems (IFLySIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Review Article
Myopia and Culture
Author(s): Luciano Iribarren and Rafael Iribarren*
School myopia has developed along with modern Western culture. Recent research has confirmed old ideas that
myopia development was related to reading habits. Both defocus and contrast issues of black letters under white
background are probably related to the myopigenic effect of long periods of reading. Besides, the change from a rural
life mainly outdoors, to living indoors with artificial lighting, is directly related to the industrial revolution and the
continuous direction of modernization changes in urban lifestyle. Furthermore, research has shown that this lack of
outdoor exposure also produces myopia in school children. Two hundred years ago myopia was not common, but
now it arises as a pandemic that may pose a heavy burden of vision impairment in the next generation. The
environment in which increasing number of children develop their eyes has changed dram.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9570.22.13.932