Nearsightedness: Therapy

Conventional nonsurgical therapy methods

  • In myopia, eyeglasses or contact lenses are used to try to reduce refractive power. This is done through diverging lenses – also called minus or concave lenses.
  • If children or adolescents want contact lenses instead of glasses, should preferably be prescribed form stable (“hard”) contact lenses, because of lower risk of infection than soft contact lenses.

Regular check-ups

  • Regular ophthalmological check-ups

Nutritional medicine

  • Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
  • Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
    • A total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruit daily (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit).
    • Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
    • High-fiber diet (whole grain products).
  • Selection of appropriate food based on the nutritional analysis
  • See also under “Therapy with micronutrients (vital substances)” – if necessary, taking a suitable dietary supplement.
  • Detailed information on nutritional medicine you will receive from us.