What to do if your child is nearsighted

  A, myopia has a variety of performance, mainly the following points: If the family already has such a small myopia, what to do? First of all, mothers and fathers can not learn from Cai Huan Gong “taboo”, but to bravely take the child to the hospital for examination. Doctors will usually check the nature of your child’s myopia first, and may use a “dilated eye exam” to rule out “pseudomyopia” caused by ciliary muscle tension, which refers to This “pseudomyopia” is a condition in which the ciliary muscles cannot relax due to excessive eye use and the adjustment increases, which may improve after a period of rest and relaxation, but the vision will decrease again due to eye strain, which can be distinguished by the use of “dilated eye examinations.  If you find out that your child is “truly myopic”, it’s best for moms and dads to face the reality and not blindly choose to avoid it because they don’t want to wear glasses, which is very unwise. Clinical studies have found that children who are nearsighted do not wear the right glasses, which can contribute to the development of myopia faster.  Second, myopia treatment methods are mainly the following: 1, myopia correction with concave lenses We all know that myopia is due to the external parallel light into the eye, focused imaging in front of the retina, and the imaging on the retina is a blurred spot. Then if a negative lens is added in front of myopia, so that the focal point formed will move backwards, when the degree of negative lens and myopia match, the focal point moves exactly to the retina, and the human eye can clearly see the target in the distance.  Children wearing glasses mainly choose frame glasses, should wear the right degree, lens quality qualified glasses. The prescription should also be based on the pupil distance and optometry, choose the right size, face matching frame. And insist on wearing glasses under the advice of the doctor. Corneal contact lenses (contact lenses) require strict operation and cleaning care procedures, so children should mainly wear frames. If the child’s myopia increases rapidly or out of parental wishes, contact lenses can be fitted to the child with parental supervision and help, preferably with high oxygen permeability rigid contact lenses (RGP), and pay attention to close follow-up.  When the doctor told Toto’s mother that Toto had “true” myopia and needed glasses to correct it, she refused, thinking that the glasses would make Toto’s myopia deeper and his eyes more distorted. In fact, this is not correct. Children have a heavy study load and spend a lot of time using their eyes at close range, which can easily cause visual fatigue and eventually lead to a deepening of myopia. Moreover, children are still in the growth and development period, their own myopia will still have a certain degree of deepening, which is a natural development process rather than the result of wearing glasses. On the contrary, if children do not wear corrective glasses, they are prone to visual fatigue, blurred vision, myopia will be more likely to deepen, and even cause strabismus and other problems. After wearing the right glasses, children will marvel at the clear world that appears in front of them, and see things more clearly and easily. On this basis, pay attention to eye hygiene, myopia is more likely to stabilize at a certain level.  2, OK lenses, or keratomileusis, is a specially designed high oxygen permeable rigid corneal contact lenses (contact lenses), through mechanical compression of the shape of the central cornea, so that the central cornea flattened, to achieve a temporary reduction in myopia, naked eye distance vision is improved. The average myopia reduction is 3.00 D. When you stop wearing them, the original myopia will return due to the recoverability of the cornea. Studies have found that wearing OK lenses during childhood and adolescence has a beneficial effect on controlling myopia progression. However, the fitting of OK lenses is complicated, and improper use will cause serious complications, so it is recommended to be fitted by professional fitters in regular medical institutions, and to wear them correctly and observe them on regular follow-up.  3, treatment of high myopia caused by amblyopia General low and moderate myopia will not lead to amblyopia, but high myopia occurred before the age of 5-6 years, because the child can not see far and near, it may lead to the occurrence of amblyopia. Wearing glasses in this case is not only a key step in improving the clarity of myopia, but also in treating amblyopia. On top of this, a certain degree of amblyopia training can be performed to promote the development of visual function. It is worth noting that since high myopia itself has a certain degree of retinal function, these children with high myopia have poor vision with glasses, in addition to amblyopia, also have poor vision due to retinal causes, so the amblyopia treatment for these children is usually less effective.  Three, about the treatment of myopia, mom and dad should know