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Pseudomyopia and Its Association With Anxiety.

Khizer Khalid¹, Jaskamal Padda¹, Sindhu Pokhriyal¹

¹Internal Medicine, JC Medical Center, Orlando, USA.

|September 30, 2021

Summary

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Pseudomyopia, an excessive eye accommodation, is linked to psychological stress and anxiety disorders. Early psychiatric evaluation is recommended for comprehensive patient care and treatment.

Keywords:

accommodative spasm anxiety ciliary spasm double vision pseudomyopia

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Area of Science:

Ophthalmology
Psychiatry
Neuroscience

Background:

Pseudomyopia involves excessive eye accommodation, potentially progressing to myopia.
Symptoms include eye strain and fatigue; causes range from head trauma to psychiatric conditions.
Psychological stress impacts the autonomic nervous system, influencing ciliary muscle contraction.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the association between psychiatric disorders, particularly anxiety, and pseudomyopia.
To highlight the role of the parasympathetic nervous system in stress-induced ciliary muscle contraction.
To emphasize the importance of psychiatric consultation in pseudomyopia management.

Main Methods:

Literature review of studies on pseudomyopia and psychiatric associations.
Analysis of the physiological mechanisms linking stress, anxiety, and ocular accommodation.
Examination of correlations between anxiety scores and accommodation levels.

Main Results:

Generalized anxiety disorder is the most common psychiatric comorbidity with pseudomyopia.
A positive correlation exists between anxiety-somatization scores and the degree of ocular accommodation.
Psychiatric stress can trigger or exacerbate pseudomyopia through autonomic nervous system pathways.

Conclusions:

Psychiatric disorders, especially anxiety, are significantly associated with pseudomyopia.
Multidisciplinary evaluation including psychiatric consultation is crucial for pseudomyopia patients.
Integrated treatment approaches involving psychiatric care, environmental changes, and ocular therapies can manage coexisting anxiety disorders.