Astigmatism can be caused by congenital developmental abnormalities, unhealthy eye habits, conical cornea, etc. It can be treated by wearing eyeglasses, changing unhealthy eye habits and surgery.
1. Congenital developmental abnormality: If your child has astigmatism due to congenital developmental abnormality caused by family heredity, you can correct it by taking your child to the hospital for routine dilated optometry and choosing the right glasses according to the condition of the eyes.
2. Unhealthy eye habits: Children with astigmatism caused by unhealthy eye habits need to change their bad eye habits. Avoid squinting for a long time to see things, reduce the time of using electronic products, look into the distance at the right time, or do eye exercises.
3. cone cornea: due to cone cornea caused by the child’s vision astigmatism, if the patient’s astigmatism continues to worsen, the cornea gradually thinning, you can choose ultraviolet crosslinking surgery for treatment. If the patient’s condition is more severe, with very poor vision, or even conditions such as corneal scarring, corneal transplantation may be needed to treat the condition.
When the child has astigmatism, it is recommended to bring the child to the ophthalmology department of the hospital for consultation and treatment in time to avoid the degree of deepening.