This week, Shanghai's primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will usher in a new semester. In the last few days of the winter vacation, the myopia clinic of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital affiliated to Fudan University welcomed many adolescent patients, of which the number of patients visited by Guangbaoqing Hospital in a single day exceeded 2,000. Ophthalmologists and optometrists work overtime to ensure the needs of children and adolescents before the start of school.
At 10:00 a.m., in the Baoqing Branch of The Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Fudan University, the number of people waiting in line in the refraction area has exceeded the number of outpatient waiting patients, more than 100 seats are full, and the average waiting time is about 2 hours. In order to be able to wear a pair of more accurate glasses before the start of school, children and parents can only wait patiently. Some parents said that they came at five o'clock in the morning, because they lived farther away, in Fengxian, came to the hospital to do a comprehensive examination of their children, with a pair of glasses. Another parent said that the medical treatment has been queued for a long time, and there are many people queuing up inside, and it is estimated that it is the turn to take a lunch break at noon.
The queue time is long, partly because of the large number of people, and on the other hand, because the onset process of the potion takes about 50 minutes before the refraction of the pupil. In order to alleviate the optometry blockage as much as possible, the hospital opened the optometry rooms on all floors and performed a fine triage of patients. Ophthalmologists remind that 8- and 9-year-old children are in the stage of rapid changes in eye development and refractive development, and it is recommended that parents regularly monitor their children's vision.
Wang Xiaoying, chief physician of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Affiliated Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital of Fudan University, said that the interval between vision examinations is recommended to be three months, and some people are more stable than six months, but generally speaking, it should not exceed half a year, let alone more than one year. Because in fact, the growth and development of children is very fast, more outdoor exercise, more far-sighted, reduce the use of eyes at close range, such as the use of mobile phones and computers.
(Look at the news Knows reporter: Zhou Wenyun Intern Editor: Ni Junyi)