The child checks out myopia at school, how do you know if it is true or not?!

The child recently checked his eyes at school and found that he was short-sighted, and some parents will hesitate about this. So, how can you tell if a child is really short-sighted?

First of all, parents and friends must be clear: in many cases, the conclusion of this examination of children's myopia is "screening myopia".

The so-called "screening myopia" refers to the application of far vision examination, in the state of non-ciliary muscle paralysis, through the computer refraction and other rapid and simple methods, children and adolescents, children who may have myopia screened out a kind of examination conclusion.

Usually, when children and adolescents over 6 years of age < naked-eye far vision is 5.0, that is, not 5.0 vision, or, in the absence of mydriasis, more than 50 degrees, it is judged as "screening myopia".

In this way, to find out whether the child is really nearsighted, in fact, further detailed examination is needed, that is, "ciliary muscle paralysis refraction examination".

Not long ago, the National Health Commission officially issued the "Appropriate Technical Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents (Updated Version)", which clearly said: "Ciliary muscle paralysis refraction, commonly known as 'mydriasis refraction', is the internationally recognized gold standard for diagnosing myopia!" ”

At the same time, it is recommended that children under 12 years of age, especially those who have primary refraction, or children with farsightedness, strabismus, amblyopia and large astigmatism, should undergo mydriatic refraction; children with confirmed myopia and need to be equipped with glasses need to be rechecked regularly.

Here we need to reiterate once again, the safety of mydriatic refraction is beyond doubt, parents and friends do not need to worry!

When the child is initially screened for myopia at school, parents and friends are reminded that they must take the child to a professional ophthalmological medical institution in time to carry out a detailed mydriatic optometry examination to clearly know whether the child is really myopic.