What are the misconceptions about myopia and vision development in children

  The first article talked about the impact of children watching TV, computers and other electronic products on vision, this time, and we talk about some of the things that we need to pay attention to in the process of children’s vision development.  As I said before, a child’s vision development period is from birth to about 7 years old, that is to say, a person’s vision development from birth to 7 years old is basically mature (in layman’s terms, just like the growth of height, from birth to about 20 years old will not grow again), so what do we need to do during this period?  From a doctor’s point of view, there is no need to do anything more, like the TV commercials that say to supplement this and that, because the nutrition in the daily diet is enough for the development of eye vision.  But there is one thing that must be done, and that is the need to regularly check the child’s eyesight, why this is very important, because if the eyes are not found before the age of 7 years old poor eyesight, found after the age of 7 years old and then treated, because its vision development has basically stopped after the age of 7 years old, then the possibility of vision improvement is minimal. I have met many children who came for checkups after the age of 7 due to poor eyesight, and I can only feel sorry for them.  I know that elementary school is every semester physical examination, including vision, but at that time the child is basically about 7 years old, this time is a little late, from when to start it, generally think that from three years old after the child can speak clearly expressed meaning can start. The specific examination, 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 large supermarkets have, this is not considered advertising ah, afraid), the following chart (posted on the wall, the child accounted for a straight line distance of five meters with the vision table, first gently cover a glance, with the uncovered eye to identify the direction is good, to identify the smallest line can see is the visual acuity value) The purpose of doing this is to regularly monitor the development of vision in both eyes, and if the development is not normal, it is necessary to go to the hospital early for intervention treatment. This will ensure the healthy and normal development of your child’s vision.