Myopia
For this unit of Disease we learned about the organization of the human body and how the different organ and organ systems interact with each other. for this project we had to take a disease that runs in our family and show the ripple effect it will have on the body. for this project I choose nearsightedness as it runs in both sides of my family and because of how common it is I thought there could be some interesting patterns with the disease. Nearsightedness or myopia is a deformity in the eye caused by the eye being longer or the lens focusing light in front to the retina. It can be caused from the environment by spending the majority of your time focused on objects close to the eye, such as books and screens. The other cause is hereditary . Myopia can be a symptom of other diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure that can damage blood vessels in the eye. The most common treatment is glasses as they are much cheaper when compared to eye surgery which can cure to a