surging news reporter Xu Jia
myopia has become an eyesight health problem that children and teenagers in our country can't ignore. In one class, most children The sons are wearing glasses. The white paper of national visual health published by
2016 shows that 1 people in 3 people over 5 years of age in our country are myopia. It is estimated that the incidence of myopia will increase to 50.86% to 51.36% in China over the age of 5 by 2020.
it is worth noting that the prevalence of myopia in China shows a trend of younger age. Among children and adolescents, the prevalence of myopia increases rapidly with age, and the average myopia rate of 6 to 15 years is 46.64%. This phenomenon is more serious in economically developed areas. The early and high incidence of myopia is closely related to the increased burden of eyes. The two stages of "small rise" and "early rising" are the fast rising stage of refractive error.
What do you do with children's myopia? When the objective conditions are difficult to change, when glasses should be put into question. One of the most common words on the Internet is that children with myopia can not wear glasses very early, and their degrees will be deeper and deeper. In fact, many parents are affected by this "viewpoint" and are fond of dragging children's nearsightedness. Worried that once you wear glasses, you will get deeper and deeper. Is that true?
Guo Wenyi, director of Ophthalmology, director of the Ninth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, said that the progress of children's myopia is related to many factors, such as eye hygiene, long distance reading, less outdoor activities, excessive use of mobile phones, computers and TV, related to genetic factors. Children's myopia wear glasses will not accelerate the progress of myopia, on the contrary, because myopia is corrected in time, children's visual fatigue is reduced, and it is beneficial to prevent the development of myopia.
seeing this, there will be some people who are not convinced, because there is indeed a lot of "wearing glasses" more and more deep in life. Why does this happen? It may be related to the unsuitable spectacles. Do not think that matching glasses is only a trivial matter, whether the degree is suitable, whether the pupil distance is accurate or not, all affect the wearing effect. If myopic glasses are not well matched, excessive adjustment will lead to excessive stretching of the lens, resulting in the phenomenon of "nearsightedness and nearsightedness". Dr. Guo Wenyi reminded parents to go to professional and formal places for glasses.
need to emphasize that glasses are only supplementary, parents should pay attention to training children's good habit of using their eyes, and reduce the excessive use of eyes for a long time. Recently, more and more studies have been made about the relationship between outdoor sports and myopia, which suggests that outdoor activity is a protective factor to prevent the occurrence and development of myopia. The size of this effect is directly related to the length of "outdoor activity time"; increasing outdoor time can reduce the risk of myopia and control the speed of development of myopia. Degree. In addition, some auxiliary treatment measures, such as the use of low concentration atropine eye drops, OK mirror wear and so on, can also effectively control the development of myopia, but it is necessary to receive treatment and check in regular hospitals.
how to prevent myopia? Dr. Guo Wenyi gives a few suggestions:
1, a good habit of using eyes, reading and writing to maintain a positive posture, eyes and books should keep the distance of 30cm, not in walking, car or bed reading.
2, learning and working environment lighting should be moderate, lighting should not glare or flicker, blackboard does not reflect light, do not read or write under sunlight or dark light.
3, regular examination of eyesight, regular medical institutions optometry after diagnosis of myopia should wear appropriate glasses, in order to maintain good vision and normal regulation and collection.
4, strengthen physical exercise, increase outdoor activities, pay attention to nutrition, enhance physical fitness.