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• Prominent eyeballs, myopic people tend to have bigger eyes • Anterior chamber is deeper than normal • Against the motion glow in retinoscope • Retinal changes are generally seen in moderate to high myopes TYPES OF MYOPIA: Myopia is broadly classified into Two Types: • Clinical Classifications • Etiological Classifications Based on the clinical classifications Myopia can be sub-classified into following: • Congenital Myopia is a type of myopia which is present since birth, though usually diagnosed in 2-3 years of age. • Simple or Development myopia is a commonest type of myopia. It is usually a physiological error and not associated with any other diseases. Its starts from young age and may persistently increase with the age of patient. • Pathological Myopia is also known as degenerative/ progressive myopia. It is rapidly progressive error which starts in childhood read those from normal distances. Also, people may not recognise friends/ relatives of theirs from 5 feet or beyond when they have significant amount of Myopia. SIGNS & SYMPTOMS: Symptoms: • Poor distance vision • Asthenopic symptoms in small degree of myopia • Parents may complain of children at times 'half-shutting' their eyes. The child does so to achieve greater clarity of stenopaeic vision • Frontal headache • Irritation Signs: • Blurring of vision in distance ... PEOPLE MAY NOT RECOGNISE FRIENDS/ RELATIVES OF THEIRS FROM 5 FEET OR BEYOND WHEN THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MYOPIA. 51 VISION PLUS INDIA EDITION