Recently, Henan Provincial Children's Hospital received a 3-year-old girl, the child's right eye myopia 1400 degrees, left eye myopia 1300 degrees, even the top line of the eye chart can not see clearly. Fortunately, through treatment, the child's condition has been controlled.
When the child first showed myopia, the parents did not care much, thinking that the child was looking at electronic products too much, and then found that the child was getting closer and closer to seeing things, and the eyeballs could not turn independently, which took the child to the hospital for examination.
Doctors say that children's eye myopia is a family genetic disease called FEVR. The incidence is about 1%, and in severe cases, blindness may occur.
What is FEVR? Simply put, hereditary vitreous and retinopathy is caused by abnormal genes, some people have a relatively small range of lesions, may not show performance for life, and some people have a relatively large range of lesions, and there may be corresponding lesions early.
According to statistics, the incidence of myopia among children on the mainland is currently the highest in the world. By the time they graduate from elementary school, about 40% of children are already nearsighted. In junior high school and high school, 60%-70% of children are myopic, when they graduate from high school and go to college, 80% of children are myopic, and nearly 90% of children are myopic when they graduate from college.
Not only that, the proportion of high myopia is also very high, and highly myopic eyes are often prone to cause lesions in the child's fundus, and lesions occur under the fundus, which may cause irreversible visual damage.
The causes of myopia, in addition to genetic factors, have a lot to do with improper use of the eyes and the lack of many outdoor sports.
And basically as long as myopia, almost irreversible, but fortunately most myopia can be prevented, so it is very important to do daily prevention with children.
1. Parents should improve their awareness of eye care
Before the age of 3 is a critical period of visual development.
At this stage, try not to expose your child to electronic products too early. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies within 18 months of age should stop watching TV, not to mention small screen electronic products such as mobile phones and tablets.
This requires parents to be more patient when taking care of their children, accompany their children to play games, outdoor activities, etc., and try to avoid electronic products.
In addition, vision screening should be done to check for some congenital diseases that may affect the development of vision. Such as: retinopathy of prematurity (children born into the incubator), congenital cataracts, strabismus, genetic diseases like FEVR, etc.
2. Reasonable use of electronic products
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies 2 to 5 years old should not spend more than 1 hour a day watching screens.
If you watch cartoons, try to use TV to watch, do not use tablets and mobile phones, if conditions do not allow, you must strictly control the time, can not because the child is crying, blindly satisfied.
Especially in the case of the epidemic, many children need to take online classes at home, and parents should pay more attention to their children's eye use.
3. Ensure sufficient outdoor exercise time
Studies have found that outdoor activities for 2 hours a day or a cumulative total of 10 hours per week can effectively prevent myopia.
Under normal circumstances, if a child has myopia, there will be two common manifestations: one is that things in the distance cannot be seen clearly; the other is to squint, rub eyes, and squeeze eyes. Therefore, if you find that your child has these abnormal behaviors, you should take your child to check your vision in time.