雙焦點隱形眼鏡為深近視兒童帶來希望

李倩歡小姐補充：「由於近視在香港的發病率不斷上升，尤其是在小學生中，及早發現並進行控制會為兒童的近視管理帶來最理想的效果。相反，若兒童的近視沒有被及時發現及控制，情況將逐漸惡化，並可能導致成年後出現嚴重影響視力的併發症。」

Cooper Vision的全球近視管理專業事務總監Elizabeth Lumb說：「近視每加深100度都需要被重視，特別是對於一些兒童，他們的近視度數已嚴重至可能導致更高風險的眼疾，例如近視性黃斑病變和青光眼(5)。雖然及早治療是最好的，但行動永遠不會太遲。」

雙焦點隱形眼鏡的功效已被全球最長有關兒童佩帶軟性隱形眼鏡的臨床實驗中證實。該臨床實驗顯示，雙焦點隱形眼鏡幾乎適用於所有近視兒童，(6)可減50%近視度數加深，(7)適用於任何8歲以上開始治療的兒童(7)只要兒童佩戴便有效果(7)，並且隱形眼鏡的近視控制成果在停用後仍能保持。(8，9)

註：

90% of myopic eyes respond to MiSight® 1 day treatment; ages 11-15 at start of wear, n=90.

Using measured and modeled data, pooled across ages (8-17), MiSight® 1 day slowed myopia progression by an average of approximately 50%.

Children with myopia fit with MiSight® 1 day contact lenses ages 8-15 continued to experience slowed myopia progression as long as they remained in treatment.

12 months post-treatment, evidence indicates that no accumulated myopia control benefits were lost following 3 or 6-years of MiSight® 1 day wear (on average, for children aged 8-15 at start of wear). Instead, eye growth reverted to expected, age average myopic progression rates.

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