In this case, do not rush to dispense glasses

When school started, some children occasionally complained that they could not see the blackboard clearly in class, which made parents quite anxious, thinking about whether to go with a pair of glasses to solve the problem. Indeed, with changes in lifestyle and eye behavior, threats to eye health are becoming younger and more widespread. However, there is a situation, do not panic when encountered, and listen carefully to Li Liping, an expert in the prevention and control of adolescent myopia in Zhengzhou Aier Eye Hospital.

Innate reserve of farsightedness

Every child is basically farsighted from birth, and then will experience the development process from farsightedness to positive vision. The degree of farsightedness in this process is the "farsighted reserve" of our eyes.

Under normal circumstances, children should maintain the vision of farsightedness before the age of 8, which can effectively avoid the occurrence of myopia.

Therefore, when the child measures his vision in kindergarten and finds that it is "farsightedness", do not rush to correct the lens, which is a normal eye development process.

What we have to do is to help children develop good eye habits and strive to make the degree of farsightedness reserve not consume too quickly.

The role of farsighted reserves

The innate "gift" of farsightedness is very important about whether a child will develop myopia in the future, and at what age he or she will probably develop myopia.

After many children are born, they are affected by environmental factors, such as premature contact with electronic devices, daily use of the eyes without leaving the screen, lack of outdoor activities, etc., resulting in rapid consumption of farsighted reserves and excessive development of the eyeballs.

If the eyeball continues to grow excessively after the age of 6 to 7, it is foreseeable that the arrival of myopia is not far away.

How to take care of the farsighted reserve

Farsighted reserves are "non-renewable resources" that, once consumed, cease to exist.

Therefore, mastering the child's farsighted reserve at different stages can timely understand the child's eye development and predict the occurrence of myopia.

Therefore, Dr. Li Liping recommends that from the age of 3, the child should be taken to a regular eye hospital for optometry examination on a regular basis, and the data of eye development should be recorded by establishing a refractive development file, and the change curve of farsightedness reserve should be paid attention to.

If the "stock" of the farsighted reserve is abnormal, the child should be urged to correct the bad eye habits in time, and intervene through scientific methods to delay the consumption of the farsighted reserve value as much as possible, so that the arrival of the myopia is a little later.

In the cultivation of eye behavior, the following points should be done

1) Do not let the child have premature access to electronic devices;

2) Contact with natural light for more than 2 hours a day. Ensuring enough outdoor activities every day can effectively prevent myopia;

3) Avoid unscientific eye habits, such as uncontrolled TV/mobile phone play, wrong sitting posture, too dark or harsh ambient light, etc.

Developing a good habit of using your eyes from an early age will be a lifelong thing that will benefit you.

Farsighted reserves are important

Eye habits should be cultivated

Vision is archived early

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