Myths about Myopia and Vision Development in Children Series (2)

This time, I will talk to you about some of the things we need to pay attention to during the development of your child’s vision. As I said before, the child’s vision development period is from birth to about 7 years old, that is to say, a person’s vision development is from birth to reach the age of 7 years old basic maturity (in layman’s terms, just like growing height, from birth to about 20 years old will not grow), then we need to do something during this time? Feng Yu, Department of Ophthalmology, Xinxiang Central Hospital, Henan Province From the doctor’s point of view, there is no need to do anything more, like the TV commercials say supplement this supplement that is not necessary, because the daily dietary supplements are sufficient for the development of eye vision needs. But there is one thing that must be done, that is, the need to regularly check the child’s eyesight, why this is very important, because if not before the age of 7 years old to find poor eyesight, found after the age of 7 years old and then treatment, because after the age of 7 years old vision development has basically ceased, so the possibility of vision enhancement is very small. I have come across many children who came for checkups after the age of 7 due to poor vision, and I can only feel sorry for them. I know that elementary school is every semester physical examination, including vision check, but that time the child is basically about 7 years old, this time is a little late, from when to start, it is generally believed that after the age of three years old after the child is able to speak clearly to express the meaning of it can start. Specific check, you can take to the hospital to check (this is free), you can also buy their own vision table at home to check (seems to be 50 cents, generally big supermarkets have, this is not advertising ah, afraid), as follows (stick to the wall, the child accounted for the vision table and the straight-line distance of five meters, gently cover one eye, with the uncovered eye to point in the direction of the good, point to the smallest line that can be clearly seen is the value of the vision), and then the same method to test the other eye to see the value, the same method to test the other eye to see the value of the eye, and then the other eye to see the value of the eye. (Afterwards, test the other eye in the same way, and pay attention to sufficient indoor light.) The purpose of doing this is to monitor the development of vision in both eyes on a regular basis, and if the development is abnormal, it is necessary to go to the hospital for early intervention. This will ensure that your child’s vision develops healthily and normally.