Treatment Helping Kids Who Develop Nearsightedness From Electronic Devices

PITTSBURGH (CBS) — From smartphones to tablets and everything in between, doctors say looking at electronic devices all the time is causing something called digital eye strain. And that’s leading to permanent eye damage for more and more kids.
Children are battling nearsightedness, or myopia, younger and younger.
“I kept telling my teacher, ‘I can’t see the board. I can’t see the board,’” patient Jacklyn McCauley said.
Jacklyn was diagnosed nearsig