Peninsula all-media reporter Qi Juan
This week, the city's primary and secondary schools are about to usher in the opening of school. The mythical beast returned to the cage, and the parents finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the ensuing pressure of myopia prevention and control also accompanied the parents. The reporter learned from the northern branch of Qingdao Eye Hospital that during the winter vacation, the number of myopia prevention and control outpatient clinics, the number of students' visits is generally three times that of usual, and the prevention and control of myopia in adolescents is still severe. Experts explain that there is currently no way to prevent and control myopia 100%, so the habit of standardizing the use of eyes is very important for myopia prevention and control.
During the winter vacation, the number of myopic patients increased several times more than before
The start of school is imminent, and the prevention and control of myopia cannot be ignored
Myopia, now has become the number one killer of children's eye health, according to the current medical technology, once children are trapped in the "cage of myopia", it is difficult to get rid of, once myopia is formed, the anatomy of the eye changes, in addition to some conventional myopia control products and means, there is no scientific, reasonable, effective treatment methods, control of myopia only from the prevention of the solution, which is also the most anxious place for countless parents.
In the northern branch of Qingdao Eye Hospital, the number of children who come to see the clinic has increased a lot more than before. Due to the temporary separation of the winter vacation from the attention of the school and teachers, the children who rest at home have more free space, and the irregular learning posture, playing mobile phones, playing computers, playing iPads, playing games, watching TV, etc., has become the standard of each child's winter vacation, while there are still some parents who fill the whole holiday for their children's academic performance. Coupled with the cold winter climate, many children have less outdoor sports, and many children may have a sudden increase in myopia during the winter vacation holidays affected by these factors...
According to Leng Lin, deputy director of the Department of Optometry in the Northern Branch of Qingdao Eye Hospital, conventional myopia control products and means include orthokeratology lenses, spectacles, atropine, etc., but there is no way to prevent and control myopia 100%, these methods can only delay the growth of myopia to a certain extent, such as myopia is not scientific and standardized after the use of the eye, resulting in unsatisfactory degree control, the annual growth is unavoidable, so the standard eye habit is very important for myopia prevention and control.
Many parents are worried about the prevention and control of their children's myopia
Recently, in the northern branch of Qingdao Eye Hospital "small patients" overcrowded, there have been many parents with children to optometry, glasses, according to Leng Lin, myopia is developing towards a younger age, from 10 years ago the peak of myopia at the age of twelve or thirteen to now seven or eight years old on the myopia problem, which is closely related to the close use of the eye, the first step in the prevention of myopia is to avoid excessive use of eyes at close range. In this regard, parents have a misunderstanding, some parents think that do not let children contact electronic products, and instead replace it with learning to play Lego, playing Go, chess, reading picture books, painting, watching the piano and playing the piano, etc. can do a good job in myopia prevention and control work, Leng Lin to these parents to ring the alarm bell, such a long time close to the eyes, will cause a burden on the eyes, eye fatigue and then accelerate the early occurrence of myopia, parents can let children participate in housework, social practice, public welfare activities, etc. Enrich children's winter vacation life, enrich the holiday and avoid the occurrence of myopia.
Protect eye health and avoid close contact with electronic products
The high incidence of myopia is concentrated in children aged 8-14 years, and the reason is prolonged exposure to electronic products. Leng Lin introduced that although dry eye syndrome has nothing to do with myopia, which one is inseparable from electronic products and cannot be separated from close-range eyes. For such smaller children in the kindergarten stage, the child rests at home, and the parents are busy in the unit, many parents will choose to hand over the child to the custody class, Leng Lin reminds the parents, there are now 4-year-old children during this period of sudden myopia up to 200 degrees, in order to avoid children falling outdoors, convenient management of children, let the child learn more knowledge, many custodial classes will let children in the indoor long time to learn to read picture books, do not know that it is because of this that leads to the problem of myopia in young children.
Leng Lin said that such children have myopia is more troublesome, the minimum age to wear orthokeratology is 8 years old, children who are too young have myopia, can only slow down the growth rate by wearing glasses, and the development of myopia in the future is more difficult to control than that of older children.
There are many ways to prevent and control myopia, and parents and children need to cooperate
How to effectively prevent and control myopia? Leng Lin introduced that parents need to accompany their children to outdoor activities in the sun for at least 2 hours a day, which helps to prevent and control myopia; a reasonable diet and balanced nutrition are a good way to prevent myopia; parents should correct their sitting posture when their children write homework, follow the principle of "one punch, one inch, one foot", one punch, one punch between the chest and the table (the distance of one fist); one inch, the finger holding the pen should be one inch away from the tip of the pen; one foot, the distance between the eyes and the book is one foot (33 cm distance) In the writing industry or looking at electronic products for 20 minutes, you need to look 5 meters away for more than 20 seconds, and myopic children and adolescents are recommended to be longer.
In addition, it is necessary to combine work and leisure, avoid prolonged use of the eyes, try to avoid writing homework and eyes at night during the winter vacation, and avoid dim lamps when writing homework at night. In addition, it is not advisable to use glare-type nude lighting without a lampshade.
Leng Lin also reminded the majority of parents that looking at electronic products should be large and not small, can watch TV, do not look at iPads, can watch iPads without looking at mobile phones, the smaller the electronic products the greater the damage to the eyes, while viewing the screen as far away as possible away from the screen, away from the spacing to follow the principle of screen diagonal 5 times the principle is safer.
Many parents can not accept the fact that children are myopic, for children wearing glasses there is resistance, Leng Lin said that parents think that myopia will wear glasses the degree will be higher and higher, this is actually a misunderstanding, choose to wear ordinary glasses is no control effect, wear or not will make the eye degree increase normally, even do not wear glasses is easier to make eye fatigue and accelerate the growth rate of the degree, parents need to correctly look at and wear glasses reasonably, There are now orthokeratology glasses and peripheral out-of-focus glasses can help myopic children, special myopia prevention and control design can delay the development of myopia play a 30%-70% effect, the average annual growth of 100 degrees to increase 30 degrees -70 degrees, can greatly reduce the speed of myopia development.
"If the problem of myopia is found, parents need to choose a regular hospital for treatment at the first time, and the doctor will judge whether the child is myopic according to the mydriatic refraction situation, and at the same time pay attention to vision detection, so that early detection, early prevention, early intervention, scientific correction, and effectively undertake the "anti-proximity" task in the family environment is the most important part of the myopia prevention and control work. Leng Lin told reporters.