Surveys show that the number of teenagers with myopia is growing, behind this phenomenon, there is an unintentional push by parents, parents some misconceptions or prompting children myopia. Myth 1: Poor vision is myopia in children Low vision is also divided into two types: physiological and pathological. The so-called physiological low vision is a child’s eyes are relatively slow to develop, but not very serious. Pathological low vision means that the eyes may have organic lesions. There are many causes of poor vision, not only myopia, but 95% of preschoolers’ poor vision is not due to myopia but to farsightedness and astigmatism. So parents who find their children’s eye problems should first go to a professional eye hospital for an examination. Myth 2: Don’t wear glasses too early for myopia Some school-age children are nearsighted in the first or second grade. Many parents will insist on not giving their children glasses, thinking that “once you wear glasses myopia will get deeper and deeper”. In fact, children who are already nearsighted will squint at distant objects without glasses, which will make myopia develop faster in the long run. The so-called “pseudo-myopia” is caused by excessive eye fatigue and vision loss, which may cause transient vision loss due to too much eye use in the near future, and after the dilated eye exam, the refractive state is mild hyperopia, or no myopia, which is a completely normal refractive state. Many parents give their children glasses without dilated eye exams, making pseudomyopia real myopia. The more myopia glasses you change, the higher the degree of myopia in adolescence, in addition to genetic factors, the most important is the excessive eye burden and unscientific eye habits. The most important thing is the excessive eye burden and unscientific eye habits. Therefore, on the basis of scientific and reasonable correction, whether myopia deepens or not has nothing to do with replacing glasses. The premise is that the glasses are scientifically appropriate for the child. Myth 5: Nearsightedness glasses can not be too clear The glasses should be accurate, not “overcorrected” and do not “leave room”. The high degree of prescription is “overcorrected”, which may lead to dizziness after the child wears glasses; the low degree of prescription “leave room”, which may induce myopia to further deepen. In fact, age is not a criterion for defining true or false myopia, children generally have a certain physiological farsightedness, and poor vision is normal at this age. So vision problems must be done when the regular optometry. Myth #7: Astigmatism is harmful to glasses Astigmatism can cause children to have trouble seeing clearly and to be photophobic, but in fact astigmatism does not harm the eyes. The fact is that dilated eye exams not only prevent the ciliary muscle from being over-adjusted, but also avoid pseudomyopia caused by adjustment spasms. This is especially true for young children or elementary school students, where it is helpful to get an objective indicator. Myth 8: direct prescription glasses without medical optometry General opticians prescription glasses is only ordinary computerized optometry, lack of accuracy, can not effectively control the growth of myopia, and even some pseudomyopia patients first prescription glasses will be wrong prescription glasses, the result is not only vision problems are not corrected, but has become true myopia. Myth 9: No review after wearing glasses Many parents no longer take their myopic children to the hospital for checkups after they have been given glasses. This is a mistake. Clinical practice has confirmed that regular review of myopic children can clarify whether the child’s original vision has changed and whether the original true myopia has developed. Myth 10: Blindly believe in prescriptions for not wearing glasses Parents often try various “prescriptions” to keep their children from wearing glasses: physical therapy, massage, vision eye patches, in fact, these methods do not have any side effects, they just play a role in relieving eye fatigue. But some “prescriptions” may cause damage to the child’s eyesight.