When it comes to myopia, many parents think that it is caused by their children watching TV and playing games for a long time, but it is not completely. Electronic products are only one of the reasons that affect children's vision, and more importantly, develop good eye habits. The following are a few suggestions for you, in daily life, parents should pay more attention, always remind children, and avoid inappropriate ways of using their eyes.
Avoid using your eyes at close range for long periods of time
For example, children cannot read books for more than 1 hour continuously. Especially in children who are still developing, using too many eyes can easily cause myopia. Taking a proper break to divert your gaze can adjust your vision.
"Eye bath" sunshine every day
Sunlight increases the depth of field due to pupil reduction; more importantly, after sun exposure, the human brain secretes a chemical that inhibits the lengthening of the eye axis, which can prevent myopia. If children and adolescents can have 2 hours a day and 10 hours of outdoor activities per week, the proportion of myopia will be significantly reduced, and the chance of myopia aggravation will be significantly reduced.
Develop the habit of using scientific eyes
In the daily learning process, children are required to adhere to the reading and writing habits of 1 foot from the book, 1 inch from the tip of the pen in the hand, and 1 fist from the edge of the table. Remember to read the "three don'ts": don't read in direct sunlight or dim light; don't lie down and read a book; don't read in a walking car. Children should not continue to look closely for more than 30 minutes at a time, after which they should rest for 10 minutes.
Eat a balanced diet and get enough sleep
Preschool and school-age children, the body is in the development stage, the eyes are also in the development stage, the eyes also need adequate nutritional supply. Therefore, children should not be picky eaters, eat less sweet and junk food, and drink less sugary drinks. Nutritional balance is guaranteed. In addition, to ensure sleep, sleep can give the eyes a rest, enough sleep to alleviate visual fatigue.
Insist on doing eye exercises
Eye exercises are a way to prevent myopia, and children should be encouraged to do eye exercises correctly, but this does not mean that eye exercises are 100% not myopia. At present, many schools require students to do eye exercises between classes to relieve eye fatigue.
Control electronics usage time
Children operate various electronic video products for time, each time should not exceed 20 minutes, the daily cumulative time is recommended not to exceed 1 hour. Children under the age of two should avoid operating electronic products as much as possible. The distance between the child's eyes and various electronic fluorescent screens is generally 5 to 7 times the corner of the screen, and the screen surface is slightly lower than the eye height. Children under two years of age should avoid using night light as much as possible. Children should also avoid excessive blue light exposure, such as high-frequency blue light sources such as LED lights and fluorescent lamps.
In the current electronic era, the most common thing to face every day is basically electronic products. Even many parents have signed up for various online classes for their children. Every day in the face of computers, television, mobile games and other electronic products, it is difficult not to be short-sighted, so parents must supervise the time of children to control fun electronic products.