1, baby farsighted don’t be surprised Qiqi, 5 years old, because of a routine health checkup, her mother brought her to the hospital to check her eyes, the doctor told her that the child has 4 degrees of farsightedness in both eyes! Qiqi’s mother is a bit confused, how can her daughter be farsighted? Will the degree get higher in the future? In fact, by understanding the growth process of our eyes after birth, we can also understand that most children have some degree of farsightedness until the age of 5. (1) Growth of large eyes: Every organ in the human body changes gradually as we grow after birth, and so do our eyes. Although the eye is one of the most fully developed organs when we are first born, our eyes quietly change dramatically during the first few years. The length of the eyeball at birth averages 17.1 to 17.5 mm, which is as big as a hickory. During this process, along with the growth of the eye, our refractive error is constantly developing from farsightedness to myopia, generally decreasing in farsightedness, becoming orthokeratology, and then slowly becoming Myopia. In addition to the growth of the eye, the visual function also changes the most at this stage. The visual function is not mature when the baby is born, so it needs continuous visual stimulation to promote the development of visual function, from hazy vision to gradually being able to gaze, and to 5-6 years old when the visual acuity gradually reaches the level of myopia. -This is a critical period in the development of the baby’s visual function, and requires special attention from mom and dad. The visual function of this stage is also fragile, various unfavorable factors on the development of visual function has a huge impact, this stage if there are various reasons, such as high hyperopia, affecting the clear image stimulation of the retina, then the baby’s visual function development may be hampered and the formation of amblyopia. This stage of vision if not fully developed, sometimes it is difficult to fully compensate. (2) Farsightedness: A certain degree of farsightedness in babies is normal and necessary, but if the degree of farsightedness is not consistent with age, it may lead to abnormalities. What are the manifestations of hyperopia in children? Abnormal vision and visual fatigue: The degree of hyperopia is closely related to a baby’s good or bad vision. Young children and adolescents have strong adjustment ability. Mild hyperopia (within 300 degrees) and moderate hyperopia (300-500 degrees) have little effect on the baby’s vision in the distance, but have a certain degree of effect on the vision in the near, especially on the long time near comfortable eye use. These farsighted babies are prone to visual fatigue after reading and writing, for example, babies always have red eyes, eye pain, frequent blinking and repeated eye rubbing after reading and writing. If you close your eyes to rest or wear suitable corrective glasses, the symptoms can be significantly reduced or even disappear, but if you continue to use your eyes at close range, the symptoms of visual fatigue will appear again. And highly farsighted (500 degrees or more) babies see far and near are not clear, easily lead to visual fatigue, but also lead to the occurrence of amblyopia. 2, how to do children farsightedness has been introduced in the child stage there is a certain degree of farsightedness is normal, children in the process of growth and development along with the eye gradually become longer, farsightedness gradually reduced, professionally known as “orthokeratology” process. Generally speaking, it is normal for children within 1-2 years of age to be within 300-400 degrees of hyperopia, 3-4 years of age to be within 250 degrees of hyperopia, and 6-8 years of age to be within 200 degrees of hyperopia. If the child has low hyperopia, normal visual acuity and stereopsis, and no obvious eye discomfort, no special treatment is needed and the child’s usual eye use should be closely observed. However, if the child has obvious eye symptoms, such as decreased vision or straining to see, or eye fatigue after reading and writing, then even if the child has low farsightedness, he or she should wear glasses to correct the treatment. For children with high farsightedness or even amblyopia, they need to wear glasses as soon as possible and cooperate with amblyopia training to improve their corrected vision. It is also necessary to go to the hospital regularly to review and adjust the prescription of glasses in time. By wearing glasses, the child’s corrected visual acuity can be improved and the visual fatigue can be effectively improved, but the child’s farsightedness may not disappear completely and he or she still needs to wear appropriate glasses. The development of farsightedness in children has its own rules, the change of farsightedness with the development of the eye changes, as the child grows older, the farsightedness gradually decreases, becoming orthoopic eyes or even myopic eyes. If the orthokeratology rate is fast, the child’s hyperopia will decrease quickly, and vice versa, it will decrease slowly. If your child is still farsighted as an adult, you may choose to wear glasses, corneal contact lenses or refractive surgery to correct farsightedness.