myopia type

[lp59]

i'm 25 yr old male.i have been very myopic since the age of 2.now for about 23 yrs my eye glass precription has remaineed fairly constant (in between -8D to -10D).But i do have vitreous detachment with floaters and regular flashes.
My question here is what kind of myopia is this?
Degenerative myopia,pathological myopia or simple myopia?
Also is this myopia a birth defect in my case?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

Your glasses indicate high myopia.   Simple myopia would be RX less than about -4.00  Degenerative myopia depends on what your retina looks like, only an Eye MD that looks inside can tell.

JCH MD

[ruby2zdy]

I also have a -8 and -10.  I started wearing glasses at 7, but of course was a lot less nearsighted then.  While I was wearing hard contacts (1960-69), I could see wonderfully and didn't get any more nearsighted.  Since then have been using soft lenses but don't see so good.  I have also have collapse of the vitreous sac (started maybe 15 yrs ago) & occasional floaters.  I'm 67. Us very nearsighted folks are more susceptible to retinal detachment. I have some latticing near the front of my eye so am very careful even when I sleep, not letting the pillow push on my eyes.  I see a retina & macula specialist twice a year and he hasn't found any significant changes in 5 years.  I never heard of the different myopias you list.  As for birth defect, both my parents were hyperopic so I guess it was recessive genes or something.  One thing I do like about being so nearsighted is that w/o lenses/glasses I basically have microscopic vision & can read cruelly tiny print.  I'm getting cataracts now & was going to dive right into the Crystalens by Basuch & Lomb but somewhere in these fora I saw horror posts about them.  Need to find that discussion again.

[lp59]

with regards to retina i have congenital macular dystrophy.now at 25 yrs i have PVD and pulls on my retina.i have undergone a laser procedure to seal an apparent tear as well few years back.
so with this information can u tell me the type of myopia i have degenerative or pathological or progressive?????

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

No that is a question for your Eye MD.

JCH MD

[berrywoo]

degenerative/pathological/progressive myopia are all terms describing the same thing.
Dr. Hagan is right, you'll have to ask your dr. for the diagnosis.
If you want more info on this read some of the posts by dukey on this forum. He is very well educated on this particular subject and can give you much information.