Basic principles of eye and vision care for children

1. Early detection and timely consultation Identify common eye diseases in children. Children should go to the hospital for timely examination if they have abnormalities such as eye redness, photophobia, tearing, excessive secretion, whitening of the pupil area, oblique eye position or tilting of the head to see objects, nystagmus, inability to catch up with the eyes, too close a distance between the objects in sight or squinting, and difficulty in walking in the dark. Children should receive regular eye screening and vision assessment. (1) Cultivate good eye hygiene habits, including cultivating correct reading and writing postures, holding pens correctly, and reading and playing in a well-lit environment. (2) Children should not spend more than 30 minutes of continuous close-up staring time each time, and should not operate various electronic video products for more than 20 minutes each time, and the cumulative time per day is recommended to be no more than 1 hour; children under 2 years old should avoid operating various electronic video products as much as possible. The distance between the eyes and the fluorescent screen of various electronic products is generally 5-7 times the diagonal of the screen, and the screen is slightly lower than the eye height. (3) Children with refractive errors should go to a qualified medical institution or eyeglasses dispensing organization to have a regular dilated pupil examination, adjust the refractive error of eyeglasses, and don’t use low-quality and unqualified eyeglasses. (4) Do not use eye care products blindly, but use them reasonably and moderately under the guidance of professional physicians. (5) Reasonable nutrition and balanced diet. Frequent outdoor activities, no less than 2 hours a day. (1) Children should stay away from fireworks, sharp instruments, harmful substances, not in dangerous places, and guard against eye injuries caused by pets. (2) Children should not place sharp instruments, strong acids and alkalis and other harmful substances in their activity places, and pay attention to the safety of toys. (3) Children’s eyes into the foreign body, or eyeballs, bruises, injuries, should promptly go to a medical institution with ophthalmology. (1) Educate and urge children to wash their hands often and not to rub their eyes. (2) Do not lead children with infectious eye diseases to places where people gather. (3) Communities or child care institutions should take care to isolate children with infectious eye diseases to prevent the spread of the disease.