 By 2050, more than 4.7 billion people worldwide will be suffering from myopia, also called as near sightedness. That will represent nearly 50% of the world's total population. So why are myopic numbers increasing across the world? Researchers think that longer hours spent doing near work and fewer hours spent doing outside work is primarily to be blamed for the increase in myopia. Near work is an activity that is primarily related to something very close to your eyes. It includes activities like reading, writing, watching television, or even looking at your mobile phones. So is there anything that we can do to check the rise in the myopia cases? For this, we need to understand why myopia occurs. Myopia occurs if the eyeballs are too long or the cornea is too curved. As a result, the light entering the eye isn't focused correctly and you find the distant objects blurred. Researchers believe that more outside time can delay the onset of myopia. One popular belief is that extra sunlight increases the release of dopamine into the retina and checks the growth of the eyes. So mind you, it only seems to delay the onset of myopia. It does not appear to slow down the rate of myopia once the child has developed the condition. For children who have already been diagnosed with myopia, the parents can ask the children to take frequent breaks from their long duration near works. Have them practice the elbow rule that is holding and placing the material at least an elbow lens away from their eyes. Consider methods to control myopia like myopia controlling glasses, eye drops, and contact lenses as early as possible in their life. Myopia may be a silent epidemic, but it is not a hopeless case. By creating awareness on it and acting on it can slow down or even reverse this near sightedness in our future generations.