Honoured Doctor of the Republic of Tatarstan, Deputy Chief Physician of E.V. Adamyuk RCOH of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan Elena A. Zhidenko in the program “Interview without a tie” on the Tatarstan-24 TV channel told why should one be afraid of complications of myopia, which eye diseases are most common, what ophthalmologists have to deal with today and how to preserve eyesight.