In zhengzhou Aier Eye Hospital optometry and pediatric ophthalmology clinic, often encounter some low-age children, just entered the primary school campus to check out myopia, even kindergarten children also have myopia problems, children's parents will also have the same problem: "My child is still so small, how can I be myopia, I have never checked my eyes before, just went to school and said I couldn't see the blackboard, how could this be?"
Pay attention to the myopia and young age
Let's take a look at Director Bai Peng, an expert in myopia prevention and control at Zhengzhou Aier Eye Hospital, to introduce a more common outpatient phenomenon, that is, myopia is getting younger and younger, like this case: the mother brought an 8-year-old girl to the hospital, saying that recently the teacher reminded her that the child's physical examination vision is not good, and it needs to be reviewed in the hospital.
After comprehensive refraction and other detailed examinations, her naked eye vision is 0.15/0.12, that is, the largest few words in the eye chart, others are not clear, such vision, the child in class must not be able to see the blackboard, will also affect learning. Director Bai Peng said, "I have seen another case in the outpatient clinic, because the teacher found that the child always copied the homework at the same table, and later asked to know that it was because he could not see the blackboard clearly, so he could only copy the homework. It is true that some children are short-sighted and dare not tell their parents, which often affects the good chances of growth in the degree of control. ”
Director Bai Peng said: Like this little girl's example is actually a lot, myopia does not dare to say to parents, afraid of being noisy, some even parents know, but because of the rejection of glasses, but also has been dragging, to the back to become highly myopic to come to the hospital, myopia is really just not clear? Is it really possible to treat myopia with a pair of glasses? Obviously not, for children, we hope that there is no myopia, take good care of the eyes, do not myopia, for those who have been myopic, try not to be highly myopic, highly myopic, try not to have complications, damage to vision.
The importance of refractive development profiles
As ophthalmologists, we often recommend that parents take their children to establish refractive development files from the age of 3, mainly to let parents know the concept of hyperopia reserve, the concept of myopia, and understand that with age, too rapid decline in hyperopia reserve will cause early myopia. The refractive development file can be tracked continuously, check the development of children and adolescents' eyeballs and bodies, compared with the normal values of children and adolescents of the same age, when the relevant examination indicators are abnormal, when the myopia develops, it can issue a timely warning, causing parents to pay attention to measures to avoid or postpone the occurrence of myopia, and for children who have been myopic, take measures to slow down the progression of myopia and avoid becoming highly myopic.
Prevention and control of myopia in adolescents The task is heavy and the road is long
Director Bai often said: How to play the power of myopia prevention and control in our jobs, is a problem worth thinking about, in the absence of myopia in the population, it is very difficult to instill the concept of myopia prevention and control to parents, they think that normal vision can be, no matter what else, the need to practice the protection of farsightedness reserves Of the work many parents do not understand, so in the work of myopia prevention and control, there are many places where we need to learn and summarize.
Warm reminder: Myopia does not distinguish between ages
Director Bai Peng warmly reminded parents and friends: myopia did not say that the age will be myopia, and now the incidence of myopia has increased, and it tends to be younger, and the prevention of myopia needs to start from the doll. Now there are many electronic products, before you start school to study will play mobile phones, tablets, it is recommended to establish a refractive file for children from a young age, to regularly take children to check the eyes, in time to avoid excessive use of children's eyes.