Just in high school, the degree of myopia went straight to 1000 degrees; only 8 years old, it was already a small myopia... On October 26, the Ministry of Education held a press conference to introduce that the problem of myopia and young age in China is prominent. Monitoring in 2020 shows that the myopia rate of 6-year-old children across the country exceeds 9%, and nearly 10% of myopic students in the country are highly myopic.
"Myopia does not cause blindness, but complications caused by highly myopia can cause blindness." Ophthalmologists point out.
Data picture According to Visual China
What are the main causes of myopia at a young age? Many parents believe that learning pressure causes their children's myopia, but survey data show that children's eye habits and visual environment at home are worse.
Worried:
The trend towards younger myopia is emerging
Xiao Zhu began to be myopic from the third grade of primary school, and his junior high school increased to 800 degrees, and now at the high school level, he is going straight to 1000 degrees.
Such a high degree of myopia has brought a lot of troubles to Xiao Zhu's life, he said: "The most obvious thing is that in appearance, glasses with such a high degree are like bottle caps, which directly shrink my eyes by twice." ”
Xiao Zhu recalled that he had the habit of using electronic devices since he was a child, and he had to look at a tablet computer almost every time he ate, and he had to watch a short video for a while before going to bed at night. Now there is a lot of pressure to study, although there is no time to play with electronic devices anymore, but every day I am reading and going to class, and my eyes are still not able to rest.
It is reported that the trend of myopia and younger age is emerging. "The child is eight years old, usually the eye habits are very good, and basically do not look at electronic products, but did not expect that the first time I went to check my vision on National Day, I was 150-degree myopia." Xiaotian's mother told Red Star News that the child usually does not play much electronic equipment, she believes that the main reason may be that there are too few outdoor activities, "the child's eyes have not been completely relaxed, has been in a tight state."
Latest data:
The myopia rate in 6-year-olds exceeds 9%
On October 26, the Ministry of Education held a press conference to introduce the comprehensive prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents.
Wang Dengfeng, director of the Mechanism Office of the National Joint Conference on the Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents and director of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education, said that from the recent statistics, from 2018 to 2020, the myopia rate in the first grade of primary school is about 14%, which is basically flat for three years.
But at the same time, Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, stressed that the problem of myopia and young age is still prominent. Monitoring in 2020 shows that the myopia rate of 6-year-old children across the country exceeds 9%, and the highest reaches 19.1%. At the same time, the proportion of highly myopic students in our country is still high. In 2020, nearly 10% of myopic students in the country are highly myopic, and the proportion increases with the increase of grade.
"Risk factors for myopia are still widespread. Monitoring in 2020 shows that 60% of students across the country still spend less than 2 hours outdoors every day, and 40% of students watch videos for more than 2 hours. Wu Liangyou said, "In addition, factors such as the substandard lighting of classroom lighting and the unqualified height of desks and chairs have also adversely affected the prevention and control of myopia." ”
The analysis found:
Children's eye habits and visual environment at home are worse
Most of the myopia is caused by the lengthening of the eye axis, the lengthening of the eye axis is an irreversible process, once myopia occurs, it is incurable, and can only slow down the degree growth through control.
What are the main causes of myopia at a young age? Many parents believe that learning pressure has led to their children's myopia, but according to the "2021 National Report on The Eye Behavior and Visual Environment of Children and Adolescents in School and at Home" jointly released by the Aier Institute of Optometry and the Aier Academy of Ophthalmology of Central South University in September this year, the children's eye habits and visual environment at home are worse. It is understood that the report collected more than 200 million pieces of eye behavior and visual environment data for 16,153 children and adolescents.
How harmful is myopia? Yang Zhikuan, deputy head of the optometry group of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and doctoral supervisor of the Aier Academy of Ophthalmology of Central South University, told Red Star News that myopia does not cause blindness, but complications caused by highly myopia can cause blindness.
"Prevention first, prediction, process standardization and personalization, platform support, parents, these 5Ps are very important." Yang Zhikuan pointed out that the "5P myopia prevention and control model" can provide comprehensive solutions for myopia prevention and control for adolescents and children.
Red Star News reporter Dai Jiajia intern Guo Wenyi
Edited by Zhang Li
(Download Red Star News, there are prizes for the newspaper!) ）
