- Myopia and many other vision problems are associated with low Vitamin D.
- More Myopia if less sun exposure
- More Myopia if obese (obese have lower levels of Vitamin D).
- One study found all children with Myopia had < 50ng/mL of Vitamin D.
- Suspect that Vitamin D will be proven to prevent Myopia.
- Suspect that Vitamin D plus eye exercise will be proven to treat Myopia.
- 23+ VitaminDWiki pages with MYOP.. in the title
- VitaminDWiki – Vision category contains
- Video screens, Lack of Sun Are Causing an Epidemic of Myopia - WSJ Aug 2023
- Myopia exploding: 3X increase in half a century in Asia - Sept 2022
- Global Myopia Epidemic 35% mid 2020's 52% by 2050
- VitaminDWiki Vitamin D levels have been crashing since 1995 (Polish Children, Elite Military, etc)
- Many people now believe that less outdoors ==> more Myopia
- There have been
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VitaminDWiki – Vision category contains
- 12% larger pupils in children who are Vitamin D deficient – Feb 2024 parasympathetic nervous system?
- Myopia, AMD, Dry Eye, and Diabetic Retinopathy are all associated with low Vitamin D - April 2023
- An ocular disease can be associated with low vitamin D and 1 of 5 poor vitamin D genes – June 2022
- Eye vitamin D may not be associated with blood VitD, but is associated with CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 – Nov 2019
- Vitamin D treats and prevents a variety of eye problems (need 70 ng) – June 2018
- Vitamin D and Myopia, AMD, Diabetic Retinopathy, Uveitis, Glaucoma, VDR etc. – May 2015
- Tears often have 25 % higher levels of vitamin D than does blood
Vision problems having many studies on VitaminDWiki
- Uveitis (inflamed eye) and Vitamin D - many studies
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Vitamin D - many studies
- Cataracts and Vitamin D - many studies
- Diabetic Retinopathy associated with low Vitamin D - many studies
- 7+ studies of Glaucoma and Vitamin D
- Dry Eyes treated by Omega-3 and Vitamin D – many studies
- 21+ studies of Myopia and Vitamin D
112 items in Vision category
Video screens, Lack of Sun Are Causing an Epidemic of Myopia - WSJ Aug 2023
Wall St. Journal
Screens include Video, TV, Computer, Gaming- “There’s something in the spectrum of visible light that prevents the eyeball from growing too much,”
- Children spend more than seven hours a day looking at screens, on average, and some studies find teens are online almost constantly.
- The International Myopia Institute recommends children spend 80 to 120 minutes in daylight every day. This doesn’t have to be all at once, say doctors—15 minutes here and there adds up.
Myopia exploding: 3X increase in half a century in Asia - Sept 2022
THE MYOPIA GENERATION - Why do so many kids need glasses now?
- " In East and Southeast Asia, where this shift is most dramatic, the proportion of teenagers and young adults with myopia has jumped from roughly a quarter to more than 80 percent in just over half a century"
- In the U.S., 42 percent of 12-to-54-year-olds were nearsighted in the early 2000s—the last time a national survey of myopia was conducted—_up from a quarter in the 1970s.
- About a 1.7 X increase
- Discusses 7 possible reasons and several expensive methods that stop the trend - 1 child at a time
Global Myopia Epidemic 35% mid 2020's 52% by 2050
VitaminDWiki Vitamin D levels have been crashing since 1995 (Polish Children, Elite Military, etc)
Many people now believe that less outdoors ==> more Myopia
- Our video has a similar title: Does Less Sun mean More Disease
- UVB added in classroom reduced cavities, increased height, increased academics. etc
- It appears that UV decreases Myopia
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