The child has just been short-sighted, should he wear glasses right away? The key is to look at this

The child is short-sighted, whether to wear glasses for the first time, this is a problem that many parents are entangled in. No, there was a mother in the group who encountered such a situation.

The child was taller and sat in the last row of the classroom, saying that the words on the blackboard were a little blurry. When I went to the hospital for examination, myopia was 50 degrees and his visual acuity was 0.8.

As soon as she heard that the degree was so low, the mother was a little entangled, feeling that the child was still young and should be able to recover, besides, the glasses could not be removed when they were worn, and the more they wore the degree, the higher the degree, but she was worried that not wearing glasses now would have an impact on the child's eyes.

So, should this situation immediately put glasses on the child? If you don't wear it, can it be restored, will it affect the child's eye development?

 1. Whether you wear it or not, it depends on whether it is true myopia

After the child reports that he can't see clearly, the parents will definitely take the child to the hospital for examination as soon as possible, and the doctor may tell you that the child is myopic after a basic examination and evaluation, but to determine whether the child wants to wear glasses, you have to go through another procedure, that is, pupil dilation.

The child is young, the ciliary muscle adjustment ability is strong, and the true myopia of the child's eyes can be better measured through mydriatic refraction.

After the child dilates the pupils, he can see clearly, which is pseudomyopia; If you still need to wear prescription glasses to see clearly after dilating your pupils, your child is truly myopic.

If your child is pseudomyopic, you can temporarily skip glasses. Parents need to help their children do a good job in eye management, so that children have enough time for outdoor activities, pay attention to the distance of children's sight, the light and darkness of the environment, etc., and conduct regular inspections to grasp the changes in children's vision.

So what if the child is truly myopic? Do I need to wear glasses right away?

2. Should true myopia wear glasses immediately? 

Many parents have seen some studies on the Internet, saying that glasses use single vision lenses, and the principle of this lens to correct myopia is to form farsighted defocus, thereby further stimulating the growth of the eyeball, resulting in the growth of the eye axis, which is also the reason why the more glasses are worn, the higher the degree. So if the child is still young, there is no need to rush to wear glasses.

In fact, this is a one-sided understanding.

The child's eyeballs are indeed in the developing period, but it is precisely because they are in the development period that the changes to deal with are greater.

It's like encountering something, before things are settled, your heart has always been up and down, and you don't know where the guillotine will fall? When it falls, you'll be at ease.

The child's eyes are the same, if he is already truly myopic and there are no aids to help the child correct, he will squint in order to see clearly, or get closer and closer. In the long run, it will make the eyes more tired, the degree of myopia will deepen rapidly, and even cause visual dysfunction.

Especially for children less than 6 years old, it will affect the child's eye development and even cause amblyopia.

If the child has true myopia with a degree greater than 50 degrees, and the degree increases relatively quickly, it is not only necessary to wear glasses, but also need some medical means to control the rate of myopia growth, such as using low-concentration atropine.

If it is only myopia and the degree does not increase rapidly, then wearing ordinary glasses can be used.

If the degree of myopia is less than 50 degrees, and the degree grows very slowly, the child can basically see clearly, does not affect daily learning and life, in principle, it is also necessary to wear glasses, but if parents are more concerned about wearing glasses, and parents have time and energy to help their children adjust, they can not wear it temporarily, but must go to the hospital regularly for examination, and pay attention to the child's eye changes at any time.

The purpose of children's myopia wearing glasses is not only to see clearly, but also to prevent the possibility of developing high myopia in the future, so myopia is not worn, in fact, it is only a psychological hint to parents or children - "he is not myopic", but in fact, the baby's vision is still quietly growing under the eyelids.

3. What do I need to pay attention to when wearing glasses for my child?

The first thing is definitely to wear a suitable pair of glasses. Adults generally walk to the roadside optical store to get a pair, and some people may directly wear it online, but children must go to a formal professional ophthalmic institution to check and dispense glasses.

Opticians have a complete refraction process, which not only checks the eye power, but also measures various data such as the eye axis and anterior segment.

With glasses, the second question parents should pay attention to is does the child need to wear glasses all day? Many parents think that wearing glasses for a long time will not only increase the degree of myopia of their children, but also cause their children to be inseparable from glasses, so they only let their children wear them when they can't see clearly in class.

In fact, children often take off glasses are more likely to cause myopia to be out of control, but also cause eye fatigue, and even abnormal visual function, so children should continue to wear glasses after wearing.