Abstract: Unknowingly, one month after the start of school, many parents have found that their children's eyesight has declined again. The child is still in the stage of growth and development, and the degree changes particularly rapidly, and the prevention and control of myopia needs to sound the alarm.
When there are some signs, parents should be wary of their children's myopia? What should I do if my child is short-sighted? How to effectively prevent myopia?
What are the signs that parents should be wary of their children's myopia?
● See things get closer
Children begin to see things very close, such as: eyes close when reading, watching TV, bending over and hunched back when writing homework, and so on.
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● Like squinting, frowning, tilting head, etc
Small actions such as squinting, frowning, tilting the head, and pulling the corners of the eyes can temporarily improve the vision of children with mild myopia. When the child frequently shows these small movements, it is likely that myopia has appeared.
● Rub your eyes frequently and blink frequently
Some children will have eye discomfort because they cannot see objects clearly because of myopia, and excessive eye use leads to visual fatigue, which can cause children to rub their eyes and blink repeatedly with their hands. Frequent eye rubbing may also worsen your child's myopia and aspirationalism.
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What should parents do if their child is found to be myopic?
When parents find the signs of myopia in their children, it is recommended to take their children to regular hospitals or optometry institutions for eye examination, mainly including visual acuity, fundus, eye axis, refractive power, etc., to exclude ocular organic lesions and pseudomyopia.
Mydriatic refraction
The child's ciliary muscle adjustment ability is very strong, if the cycloplegic agent is not used during refraction, and the child is in the pseudomyopia stage, the refraction result may contain the power of pseudomyopia, resulting in inaccurate glasses prescription and affecting refractive development.
Mydriatic refraction relaxes the ciliary muscle, and the results are more objective and reliable.
Diagnosis of pseudomyopia
Pseudomyopia is only a state of spasm of ocular adjustment function, the clinical manifestation is the child's vision loss, similar to myopia, more common in younger, short-onset time children and adolescents, usually rest for a period of time may improve, excessive eye use and can become worse.
Pseudomyopia is short-lived, and if it is not detected during this period and intervened in time, it quickly turns into true myopia.
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Confirmed true myopia
Once the child is diagnosed with true myopia, he should actively cooperate with the ophthalmologist to correct it, and also do a good job in the prevention and control of myopia.
How to effectively prevent myopia in children?
In daily life, parents can pay more attention to the following small details to help children prevent myopia and have healthy eyes.
Control the time spent with your eyes
Babies under 3 years old try not to touch electronic products, 3~6 years old children should not use electronic products for more than 1 hour a day, and do not exceed 15 minutes each time.
Long-distance eyes can help prevent myopia, and when using eyes for a long time, you can follow the "20-20-20" eye protection principle: every 20 minutes of close eye use, look at a distance of 20 feet (6 meters) away for at least 20 seconds.
Parents can appropriately increase or decrease the time of the distant view according to the child's eye condition.
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Develop good study habits
Correct reading and writing posture is very important, urge children to do 3 "ones".
eyes one foot (≥33 cm) from books; A punch (6~8 cm) on the chest from the edge of the table; Fingers one inch (about 3 cm) from the nib.
Do not lie down, lie on your side, or read a book or mobile phone in a moving compartment. If your child wants to take online lessons, it is best to use a TV, projector, etc. to ensure a suitable video distance. The phone screen is small, try not to let the child touch.
Eat and get enough sleep
For growing and developing children, eating a balanced diet and getting enough sleep are the cornerstones of healthy growth.
In terms of diet, eat less sweets. If you eat too sweet for a long time, it will consume a large amount of vitamin B1 in the body, reduce the calcium in the body, weaken the elasticity of the eyeball wall, and lead to the occurrence of myopia.
In addition, lack of sleep may affect the eyes from different pathways such as endocrine, neurological, and immune, thereby reducing eye comfort and leading to decreased vision in children. Therefore, it is equally important to give your child adequate nutrition while ensuring adequate sleep.
Increase time outdoors
Two hours a day and more than 10 hours a week of outdoor activities can reduce the incidence of myopia in adolescents by more than 10%.
If you don't usually have so much time, you can use the weekend to make up for it, as long as you can go outdoors with plenty of sunshine. Outdoor activities under the sun can effectively increase the content of dopamine in the eyes, increase the thickness of the choroid, inhibit the growth of the eye axis, and control the development of myopia.