DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR SCLERAL SUPPORT MALFUNCTION, ACCOMPANYING MYOPIA IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B5/00 A61B5/02 A61B5/145 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to ophthalmology, and can be used for diagnosing the scleral support malfunction, accompanying myopia in children and adolescents. That is ensured by stating joint hypermobility and/or platypodia and/or spinal curvature. The Kerdo index and the serum cortisol level are measured. If the patient is stated to suffer from joint hypermobility and/or platypodia and/or spinal curvature accompanied by the Kerdo index of more than 10% and the cortisol level of less than 250 nmole/l, the scleral support malfunction is diagnosed.

EFFECT: using no special expensive methods of analysis, the technique enables selecting the individual and adequate therapeutic approach in the given category of patients, particularly determining indications for the sclera-reinforcing intervention promoting the stabilisation of the myopia process.

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