I am a 28 year old male with myopia of -4 in left eye and -5 in right eye and astigmatism of -1 on both eyes. My myopia increased by -0.25 on both eyes in the past 2 years while astigmatism remained the same. How long will my myopia increase? Or is this is the stabilized myopia that I will have now? I checked my retina also and they said there is nothing to worry. I am eating a lot of fresh fruits nowadays what else can I do to take care of my eyes?

Dr. Savitri KOphthalmologist4yrs exp

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Hello. 0.25 dioptre of increase in myopia is relatively insignificant clinically compared to same power of cylinder power. Usually increase in spherical power by more than 0.5d in 12 months is considered unstable. So you need not worry at all about your power right now. In maximum children myopia stabilises my puberty, in some others by late 30s and in only very handful of myopes, it continues to increase further. I think yours has stabilised by now. Also, there are various theories about how a person develops myopia, but all are controversial till date, including the diet one. You obviously can continue eating vit a rich food (which everyone is already supposed to) but hoping that it will somehow bring some magic is not practical. Hope this helps. You can reach me out anytime for consultation and for any further queries. Thank you.  

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