Wen | Peng Zisu
In the beginning of the school season in March, I believe that parents and children have made full preparations for the new semester, and various extracurricular classes and training classes have been put on the agenda.
So the question is, the learning task is aggravated, the intensity of the eyes is increased, and the children's school season, eye care must do 5 eye protection work.
Here, Dr. Peng has prepared a practical eye protection guide to escort the eye health of children.
First, good eye habits should be remembered
1. The reading and writing posture is maintained as "one punch and one foot and one inch", that is, the chest is one punch away from the desktop, the eyes are one foot away from the book, and the hand is one inch away from the tip of the pen.
2. "20-20-20" eye protection rule: use electronic products for 20 minutes, and look at 20 inches (6 meters away) for no less than 20 seconds.
3. Ensure a comfortable eye environment: When children learn, the light illumination should be sufficient, it is recommended to use indoor environmental lamps combined with table lamps.
Second, children's vision changes should be paid attention to
After the child's vision declines, he will unconsciously use other ways to try to see clearly. Therefore, when the child has the following manifestations, it is recommended that parents take the child to the hospital as soon as possible to check the vision.
1. Likes to squint at things
2. See things close together
3. Rub your eyes frequently
4. Blink your eyes frequently
5. Often tilt your head or squint at things
6. Frequent frowning and pulling at the corners of your eyes
3. Vision check-ups should be done regularly
Regular comprehensive optometry examination is the most effective means of preventing and controlling myopia.
After the start of school, no matter how busy the learning task is, don't forget to protect your eyes and prevent myopia. It is recommended that parents take time to accompany their children to a professional eye hospital or optometry center for a comprehensive examination on weekends, establish a refractive development file, and learn more about and record the child's eye condition.
The content of the examination mainly includes three elements: vision, eye axis, and diopter, and it is also necessary to improve the routine examination of eye health. Children who are not myopic should be checked at least once every six months to understand the reserve of farsightedness. Children who are already nearsighted are recommended to be checked every three months.
Fourth, the concept of scientific prevention and control should be established
Once the child is myopic, parents must not rush to the doctor, and believe in some myopia cures on the market. The correct way is to learn the scientific prevention and control methods related to myopia, and master a principle: myopia is not treatable, but it can be prevented and controlled!
In order to let parents take fewer detours, Dr. Peng also sorted out 5 common myopia prevention and control misunderstandings:
Myth 1: Believe that myopia is reversible and can be cured
Myopia is irreversible.
Once it is found that the child is nearsighted, it can only control the growth of the degree and cannot be cured. The eye axis is elongated like a tall man, the child cannot become shorter on his own, and the eye axis cannot become shorter on his own. Therefore, parents should remember that myopia is irreversible, maintain good eye habits, check vision regularly, and let children try not to be short-sighted.
Myth two, myopia is a small problem
Myopia is never a minor problem.
Children wear glasses from an early age, which not only affects the image, but also affects the college entrance examination volunteer filling, future career choices, etc. If your child is highly myopic or hyper-myopic, complications of high myopia such as retinal clefts, retinal detachment, macular edema, and posterior sclera staphyloma may also occur.
Therefore, when parents find their children's myopia, they need to go to a regular medical institution in time, follow the guidance of doctors, effectively control the growth of degrees, and avoid the development of children into high myopia.
Myth three, wearing glasses will lead to a deepening of the degree!
Wearing glasses does not cause the degree to deepen.
True myopia is irreversible, whether the child wears glasses or not, the length of the eye axis and the degree of myopia are also there, this is an established fact, so wearing glasses will not cause the degree of myopia to deepen.
Conversely, if you don't wear glasses, your eyes will always be blurred, which will cause the degree of myopia to grow faster. Moreover, if you do not wear glasses for a long time, the adjustment function of the lens will also become worse, and it is easy to appear dazzling.
So glasses should be worn with glasses or worn!
Myth four, dispensing glasses do not need to go to the hospital specifically
Be sure to go to a regular medical institution for fitting.
Children's myopia glasses is a medical process, need to go through the doctor's examination, medical refraction, medical mirrors to complete, the purpose of the glasses not only to meet the clear vision, but also to meet the long-lasting and comfortable, and these ordinary optical shops can not be completed, there may be over-correction and under-correction, accelerate the development of myopia
Myth 5: Mydriasis is harmful to the eyes
Mydriasis is not harmful, and mydriasis under the guidance of a doctor is very safe.
The reason why the child is dilated is because the ciliary muscle in the child's eye is too strong, and if the mydriatic drug is not used to relax the muscle, the degree of myopia will be high.
Fifth, medical intervention should be early
As mentioned earlier, children who are already myopic are recommended to be checked every three months. If the degree of myopia develops rapidly, medical intervention should be carried out as soon as possible to prevent the development of high myopia.
At present, there are three internationally recognized methods for preventing and controlling myopia:
1. Peripheral off-focus glasses (orthokeratology mirror OK mirror or frame off-focus mirror)
2. Low concentration atropine eye drops.
3. Outdoor activities under the sun for more than 2 hours a day
OK mirrors and defocus lenses need to be comprehensively examined in professional eye hospitals or optometry centers and reviewed regularly. The use of low-concentration atropine eye drops also needs to be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.
Although there are many ways to protect the eyes, perseverance is the most important.
In the new semester, I hope that all children will strive to protect their eyesight and have a bright future while their academic performance rises.