The growth of the eyeball depending on the degree of hypermetropia and the age of the patient

Purpose. To evaluate changes in the axial length (AL) of hyperopic eyes in children depending on the age and degree of refractive error of the patient during the observed period, to determine the average values of axial length changes over the observed period, the ability to predict further changes in AL and refraction during the period of observation of the patient. Material and methods. This study involved 34 children, a total of 67 eyes (one of the children has hyperopia of one eye combined with myopia of the other). Of these, 17 are girls and 17 are boys. The age of the subjects is from 3 to 16 years old. All children were divided into groups depending on age: 3 - 5 years (8 eyes), from 6 to 8 years (36 eyes) - the largest group, from 9 to 11 years (18 eyes), from 12 to 16 years (5 eyes); gender and degree of hyperopia. Outcomes. It was found that in the group of children with mild hyperopia the increase in the length of the axis of the eye over the year was 0.19±0.12mm in the group with medium hyperopia 0.13±0.16 mm and in the group with high hyperopia 0.06±0.01 mm. Achange in the intensity of eye growth depending on the age of patients was also noted. Conclusion. The growth of the eyeball has an inverse relationship with the degree of hyperopia - the weaker the hyperopia, the stronger the changes in the anterior-posterior axis of the eye. The growth of the eyeball in children with hyperopia does not stop at the age of 6 years, but continues to increase in some cases until the age of 16. The most active period of eyeball growth is at the age of 6 to 8 years.