Breast milk contains a substance called “DHA”. It is the main element that improves the early visual development of infants, allowing the eye to grow more regularly, thus reducing the chance of myopia or reducing the degree of myopia. DHA also plays a very important role in the development of photoreceptor cells in the retina, which is also related to the possibility of myopia.
And a study recently published by Singaporean researchers showed that children who were breastfed were about 50 percent less likely to develop myopia later in life than those who were not breastfed.
During the study, researchers medically examined 797 children in Singapore between the ages of 10 and 12 and also asked them a series of questions, including how many books they read each week. The results of the study showed that even after taking into account a number of other factors, breastfed children were still 60 percent more likely to develop myopia than non-breastfed children.
Seeing far away is fundamental in the fight against myopia!
March is a great time for kite flying with the warm breeze. Kite flying is not only a folk recreational activity in China, but also a kind of fitness method of “sending diseases with the wind”, and its biggest benefit is to prevent myopia among teenagers.
The occurrence of myopia is related to prolonged or long-term close reading. Only when you look far away, the ciliary muscle will relax naturally and the spasm will be relieved. Kite flying is not precisely to make people gradually look far away?
According to the viewpoint of Chinese medicine, the eyes are the orifice of the liver, and the liver is endowed with wind and wood, which is the main source of growth and development. In March, the kite is moving with the wind when all the woods are new, which is in line with the rising of Shaoyang. At this time, the liver energy of human body is stretched, liver blood is transferred upwards, essence and fluid are poured upwards, and the eyes are moistened by essence and blood and transformed into vision, so that the five colors can be clearly identified.
Therefore, it is recommended that those teenagers who want to prevent myopia should not be confused by the wide range of health care products and health care methods on the market, but go kite flying!
Myopia myths.
Myth 1: “Vision is fixed” after the need for protection
The survey found that at present, the most important vision protection is the teenagers and their parents, while the adult myopia patients above the age of 20 or 30 are not only less frequent and less active in photometric review (optometry) than teenage patients, but also have a considerable decrease in the importance of prescription lenses, and the situation of continuous fatigue eye use is also more serious. What’s more, 1/3 of the adults did not even bother to have their eyes examined during the latest prescription.
The main reason for this phenomenon is that many myopic patients have misconceptions about eye hygiene. They believe that vision will also be shaped with the end of physical development, and vision problems will not worsen after shaping, so there is no need to pay too much attention to vision protection.
Misconception two glasses do not exist “overdue service”
The survey found that among the public who use resin lens glasses, 35% of the respondents replace a pair of glasses in 1 year or less on average, 35.9% of the respondents replace a pair of glasses in about 2 years on average, 29.2% of the respondents replace a pair of glasses every 3 years or longer, and 36.4% of the respondents replace glasses when they are broken.
Myth 3: It doesn’t matter if you go to the hospital for glasses
In the survey, the public attaches more importance to the quality of lenses than to optometry. More than 90% of the respondents think that the quality of lenses is very important to them, but they do not know how to identify and guarantee the quality of the lenses they buy, and more than 30% of the consumers put their hopes on the opticians and salesmen.
Prevention of myopia
Most of the myopia in teenagers is “pseudomyopia”. It is a kind of functional myopia caused by excessive eye use and tension. If not treated in a timely manner, it will develop into true myopia over time.
Preventive measures: Children must develop good hygiene habits from an early age.
1, train them to write and read correctly, do not lie on the table or twist the body. Books and eyes should be kept a city feet. School desks and chairs should be suitable for the size of students.
2, reading and writing time should not be too long, last 1 ~ 1.5 hours to have a short break eyes to the distance, do eye exercises. (Now the handheld devices and computer use distance and reading and writing about the same, so also pay attention to the use of time)
3, writing and reading to have the appropriate light, light is best from the left side of the irradiation. Do not read and write in too dark or too bright light, reduce the burden on students, and ensure a 10-minute break between classes to reduce visual fatigue.
4.Actively carry out physical exercise to ensure that students have one hour of physical activity every day.
5. Teach students to write, do not be too small and too dense, and do not write slanted or cursive characters. Do not take too long to write.
6.Carefully do eye exercises.
7.When watching TV, pay attention to the height should be level with the line of sight; the distance between the eye and the fluorescent screen should not be less than 5 times the length of the diagonal of the fluorescent screen; when watching TV, the room should be open a small branch light electric lamp, which is conducive to the protection of vision; after watching TV continuously for 1 to 1.5 hours to have a short break eyes to look into the distance, do eye exercises.
8, should eat more food rich in vitamin A various vegetables and animal liver, egg yolk, etc.. Carrots contain vitamin B, which is good for the eyes; eating more animal liver can treat night blindness.
Myopia patients generally lack chromium and zinc, myopia patients should eat more foods that contain more zinc. Foods such as soybeans, almonds, nori, kelp, lamb, yellow fish, milk powder, tea, meat, beef and liver contain more zinc and chromium and can be increased in moderation. It is best to take protein zinc, such as new Rarely used tablets, for zinc supplementation.
Nearsightedness should be prevented and treated in stages, and caught early. Actively correct and prevent the development of depth. If myopia has occurred, go to the hospital for an optometrist and wear appropriate glasses. Pseudomyopia can be corrected by using the far fog vision method, massage exercises or crystal exercises, as well as physical therapy and medication.
9, playing badminton, table tennis can prevent myopia. In the process of playing the eye must quickly follow the trajectory of badminton and table tennis, which are very flexible “small ball movement” changes, which has unexpected benefits for children aged 5 to 9 years old to improve the function of the eye.