What to do with myopia in children How to recover from myopia in children

Due to the popularity of electronic devices, the myopia rate among children has been increasing significantly in recent years. Many children even wear glasses before they graduate from elementary school. So how can we prevent myopia among children? Here are some effective methods to help you.

How to prevent myopia

First of all, you should pay attention to your eye posture.

Simply put, it is to achieve three "ones", namely one fist, one inch, and one foot. One fist means that when a child is sitting in a seat reading or writing, his chest should be one fist away from the desk; one inch means that when a child is writing, the distance between the hand holding the pen and the pen tip should be one inch; one foot means that when a child is reading, the distance between the eyes and the book should be one foot. These three "ones" are effective measures to keep the visual axis of the eyes at a normal distance and are a scientific means to protect children's eyesight.

Secondly, pay attention to the time you use your eyes.

The eyeballs of young children are not fully developed and their working ability is low. Every time they read or write for 0.5 to 1 hour, they should be allowed to go outdoors to play games, look into the distance, or observe flowers and trees to relax the tense eye muscles and eliminate fatigue. In addition, children should have a regular life and get enough sleep so that their eyes can get enough rest.

Pay attention to the light in your eyes.

Don't let your child read or write in dim light or sunlight. If you use a 25-watt light bulb at night, the distance between the book and the bulb should be within 1 meter. If you use a 60-watt light bulb, the distance between the book and the bulb should be between 1 and 2 meters. It is not suitable to read or write on cloudy days, at dusk, in the moonlight, or in the sunlight, because the light is weak. When watching TV, keep a suitable distance, which should generally be 5 to 7 times the diagonal length of the fluorescent screen. The time for watching TV should not exceed 2 hours each time.

Pay attention to eye exercises.

Physical exercise can enhance blood circulation and metabolism, supply more nutrients to the eyes, and enhance the resistance of the eyes. This is an indirect exercise for the eyes. The direct exercise is eye exercises, which are compiled based on Chinese medicine's massage, acupuncture points, and combined with medical sports. It is a scientific method to protect eyesight. Parents and teachers should learn the basic knowledge of eye exercises, provide specific guidance and often urge children to do eye exercises well, and persevere.

Pay attention to eye nutrition.

Vegetables and fruits contain more vitamins A and D, which have certain nutritional effects on the eyes. Regular consumption can play an auxiliary role in protecting the eyes. However, eating too much sugar will harm children's eyesight, so children's sugar intake should be controlled.

How to treat myopia

1. Lens correction and wearing glasses: the most basic measure to correct children's myopia. For mild myopia, which does not affect life and study, it is not emphasized to wear glasses immediately. For moderate and severe myopia, due to the obvious decrease in vision at a distance, if it is not corrected, it will inevitably affect life and study, and glasses must be worn.

2. Natural recovery method: This method of correcting children's myopia advocates correcting children's bad habits and strengthening daily protection to achieve the purpose of natural recovery of vision. This type of myopia recovery correction is effective for patients with myopia who are in a marginal state at the early stage; for most myopia eyes with more than 100 degrees, myopia correction is not effective. As the schoolwork gradually increases, the myopia will become more and more serious.

3. Posterior scleral reinforcement surgery: High myopia in children under 6 years old is more common in congenital and hereditary diseases, and is often a myopia disease. These children often have low vision and poor corrected vision. For progressive myopia, posterior scleral reinforcement surgery can be considered. In clinical treatment of high myopia, this method can not only prevent the deepening of myopia, but also sometimes improve naked eye vision.

Myopia in children and adolescents must be treated in a timely manner. To effectively control myopia, you must choose a regular ophthalmology hospital. You cannot just find an eyewear store to wear myopia glasses for your child. This will not only fail to help your child protect his or her eyesight, but may also ignore the possibility of amblyopia and strabismus, leading to misdiagnosis, which is the real reason for the decline in vision in children and adolescents, and delays the best treatment time.

Causes of Myopia in Children

1. Not paying attention to the time spent using the eyes: Children nowadays have more opportunities to come into contact with electronic products. Many parents, who don’t want to supervise their children, give their children a mobile phone or tablet to play with. However, these products can cause great harm to the eyes. Long-term use of electronic products without paying attention to rest can easily lead to fatigue of the ciliary muscles of the eyes, resulting in myopia in children.

2. Love to eat sweets: This is also an important reason for the high incidence of myopia in children. Nowadays, children like colorful candies. In addition to containing a large number of additives, the large amount of sugar intake in these candies will also cause the hidden danger of myopia. A large amount of sugar intake will reduce the calcium content in the human body, and calcium is an important constant element required by the retina. Reducing calcium will lead to weakened retinal elasticity and reduced eyeball accommodation function, thus causing myopia in children.

3. Lack of sleep: Lack of sleep is also one of the reasons why children are prone to myopia. Nowadays, children are often under great pressure to study. If they do not pay attention to adequate sleep time and their eyes do not get enough rest, their eyes will be easily tired, which may induce myopia in children.

In summary, myopia has become an important disease that endangers children's eye health. For parents, it is particularly important to understand the causes of myopia in children. This article summarizes the three major causes of myopia in children, mainly long-term use of electronic products, resulting in excessive eye use; children who like to eat sweets are more likely to develop myopia; insufficient sleep time can also induce myopia. Therefore, parents must pay attention to the above issues to reduce the chance of myopia in children.