Myopia is becoming more and more common, and many parents are nearsighted or even highly myopic. It is said that myopia is hereditary, and after having children, parents are worried that their children will also be nearsighted early, with a big pair of glasses on their tiny faces. We will take a look at how the experts let a pair of daughters from childhood to start “eye care”, away from myopia, perhaps you will get some inspiration from it.
The love of sweets can affect children’s eyesight
Ms. Chen has a pair of daughters: older daughter Hee Hee 9 years old, the second half of the third grade; younger daughter Ha Ha, only 1.5 years old. He is active and likes to read books. In the past two years, many of Hip’s classmates around her have started to be nearsighted, but her vision is still good at the moment, still 1.2. “Her father and I are both nearsighted, and according to the laws of heredity, the chances of her developing myopia in the future are quite high, but we try to avoid early occurrences.” Ms. Chen said that when Hee Hee was only three or four years old, she often took her to the hospital to “visit” and see how inconvenient it is for children with myopia, especially older brothers and sisters who are gradually becoming highly myopic to wear glasses and learn about the dangers of myopia and prevention. But children, sometimes always need supervision. “Maybe a little more comfortable to write lying down, my daughter, like other children, always like to write or read books lying down, then I have to use a ruler to measure her, so that she correct posture.” Ms. Chen said she later simply bought her daughter a sitting posture corrector, a support frame in front of the table, forcing her to write homework must sit upright, head up.
The pencil grip should also be noted, some children hold too close to the tip of the pen, when writing if the correct sitting posture, you can not see the words, have to do homework lying on their stomach or side. Therefore, when holding a pen, fingers and the pen tip should be a certain distance. In addition, children like to drink Coke (Sprite) and eat sweets, and so does Hee Hee. Ms. Chen asks her to eat as little as possible, but of course it’s impossible not to, and she uses sweets as a reward for her daughter when she does well. Because the intake of excessive sugar may make the body’s blood acidic, and the body to maintain acid-base balance, the body has to use a lot of calcium to neutralize, thus causing a shortage of blood calcium, eye wall elasticity is weakened after the formation of myopia.
Don’t learn eye-critical talents too early
Last year, Ms. Chen enrolled Hee Hee in a hard-pen calligraphy class. “The first time I saw a lot of children in the calligraphy class with their heads down, not looking at the words, but ‘smelling’ the words, and my daughter was getting lower and lower as she practiced, and repeated reminders didn’t work, which had a huge impact on her eyesight. Don’t let your child learn those talents that require long hours of practice and eye-candy, such as learning piano, playing Go, etc. too early. The main reason is to let her cultivate her emotions and strengthen her artistic cultivation, but she only practices for 20 to 30 minutes a day and is not required to take the exam. Ms. Chen believes that it is best to combine movement and movement with interest classes for children, and her daughter likes aerobics, so she enrolled her in an aerobics class. The first thing you need to do is to go to the playground and dance aerobics. “We are usually busy, do not have time to take her outdoors every day, jump aerobics to ensure that she is at least 1 hour of outdoor activities.”
The medical profession believes that more than 3 hours a day outdoor activities in natural light, suitable sunlight exposure can promote the eye secretion neurotransmitter dopamine, thus helping to relatively inhibit the growth of the eye axis and prevent the occurrence of myopia. At the same time, outdoor activities to look far, so that the eyes are in a relaxed and comfortable state, the pupils are relatively small also help to see things relatively clear, all help to control the development of myopia.
”After the age of 3, it is best to give your child a vision checkup every six months to look at refractive error, eye position, eye movement, measure corneal curvature, eye axis, eye pressure, etc.” Ms. Chen encourages the early establishment of a complete visual development profile for the child so that visual development can be understood visually and, more importantly, problems can be identified and treated with intervention as early as possible. “Our youngest daughter is only a year and a half old, and we have already started giving her regular vision checks and establishing a visual development profile.”
How to prevent myopia? Take a look at these tips
There are many reasons for myopia formation, including genetic factors and poor eye habits.
How can we detect poor vision in our children as early as possible? You can pay attention to these details.
1. squinting to look at things; rubbing eyes often
2, habit of tilting the head, tilting the head or lowering the head to look at things.
3, repeatedly looking sideways to see objects, wanting to see more clearly look.
4. not moving quickly when participating in games.
5.When reading, writing or drawing, the eyes are too close to the book or workbook.
6. slowing down or decelerating learning progress.
7, complaining that often can not see the words on the blackboard clearly, eye fatigue, eye pain, headache, etc..
To prevent myopia, you have to develop good eye habits to start.
1. Choose reading materials and stationery carefully: choose books with larger fonts, clear printing, accurate color sets, and non-reflective paper, and do not use lighter-colored pencils and workbooks with small grids.
2.Use tables and chairs that match your height and sitting height, and avoid reflections on the desktop.
3, careful use of the screen: eyes for a long time to look at the bright light and shaking images on the screen, easy to hurt vision.
4, watch TV to ensure at least 3 meters distance, play computer games when the distance should not be too close, every 40 minutes should be a 10-minute break. Do not watch a large TV in a small room, and do not read a book while watching TV.
4.Do more outdoor activities: Every day after class or on holidays you should arrange your child to do dynamic activities outdoors, such as skating, playing ball, riding bicycles, taking a walk, climbing mountains, flying kites, etc., to relax the eye muscles.
6.Avoid doing too much close eye use too early: children under 6 years old are advised not to learn eye-consuming talents too early, such as playing the piano and writing with a pen; children under 10 years old are advised not to use computers and play handheld games too often.
7, control reading time: at least 10 minutes break every 40 minutes, and sit upright, the light should be even and stable, and the distance between the book and the eyes should be maintained between 35-40 cm.