Vestnik oftalmologii
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Eye diseases rank third in the structure of morbidity among children aged 0 to 17 years. Acquired myopathy is the leading abnormality in the structure of morbidity, with diminished vision being in 28% of preschool children and in every two school graduates. Myopia is attended by the signs of systemic connective tissue dysplasia and impaired circulation due to autonomic dysfunction. ⋯ Moreover, circulation improves, eye muscles become stronger, visual reflexes restore, and vision improves. A school oculist's room may be used as a new health-improving form in children with myopia. It should be set up in every school since the high efficiency of treatment for accommodation spasm is an important argument of the prevention of myopia, promotes a greater coverage of children with early myopia by means of therapeutic measures, as well as timely and contemporary prevention of progressive myopathy.