Have you ever looked at something far away and thought, “That looks really blurry,” but for some reason, it looked clearer the closer you got? You could have Myopia! Let’s chat a bit about it.
Myopia comes from the Greek word ‘Muops’ which means short-sighted. If you have Myopia, closer objects look clearer, but objects further away, like street signs or license plates, appear blurry. The common practice for myopic persons is to squint, allowing the eyes to see better at a distance. All this time you thought your squinting was ‘nothing’, but now you know it could be Myopia.
You’re probably thinking, “Why does this happen?”
Well, in Myopia, light enters the eye, but it doesn’t fall on the Retina. That’s at the back of the eye if you were wondering. The light falls short of the retina. That’s why Myopic persons are short-sighted.