How to prevent children's eye disease?
Children's eye diseases are becoming more and more common in modern society, which brings challenges to children's vision health. In order to help parents better understand how to prevent children's eye diseases, the American Children's Eye Hospital Guangzhou provides some useful suggestions.
1. Develop a good habit of using eyes
Good eye habits are the key to prevent eye diseases in children. First of all, children should keep a proper reading distance, at least 30cm away from books, TV and computer screens. Secondly, children should follow the "20-20-20 principle" when using electronic equipment, that is, shift their eyes to 20 feet (about 6 meters) every 20 minutes for 20 seconds. In addition, children should maintain good sitting and writing posture, and avoid looking down at mobile phones or electronic devices for a long time.
Secondly, children should avoid eye fatigue. They need enough sleep and rest time, as well as time for outdoor activities. Outdoor activities can reduce eye fatigue and promote the development of retina. In addition, when children work with close vision, they should maintain good lighting conditions to avoid eye fatigue.
Finally, children should wear appropriate protective glasses during sports activities to avoid eye injuries. This is particularly important for some intense sports such as basketball and football.
2. Adjust eating habits
Diet has an important impact on children's eye health. Vitamin A is an essential nutrient to maintain eye health. Therefore, children's diet should contain enough vitamin A. Some foods rich in vitamin A include carrots, pumpkins, spinach, etc.
In addition, children should also increase their intake of antioxidants, such as vitamin C and vitamin E. Dark vegetables and fruits are good sources of these vitamins.
In addition, children should avoid taking too much salt and sugar to reduce intraocular pressure and prevent eye damage caused by diabetes.
3. Regular eye health examination
Regular eye health examination is very important to detect and prevent eye diseases in children. Parents should take their children to the hospital regularly for eye vision and health examination.
Eye health examination can help doctors identify and treat myopia, amblyopia and other eye diseases at an early stage. In addition, children also need to undergo optometry to determine whether they need to wear glasses or contact lenses.
Early eye health examination helps to find and correct children's visual problems and protect their visual health.
4. Eye health in family environment
In addition to individual preventive measures, family environment is also important for children's eye health. First of all, keep the indoor humidity and cleanliness to avoid eye irritation caused by dust and other allergens.
In addition, parents should provide children with appropriate anti blue glasses to reduce the damage of electronic equipment radiation to the eyes. In addition, family members should avoid smoking in front of children, because second-hand smoke is harmful to eye health.
Finally, families should set up good examples of eye habits. Children often learn by imitating their parents' behavior, so parents should develop a good habit of using their eyes, so as to set the right example for children.
Summary
The prevention of children's eye diseases is a comprehensive work, which requires comprehensive consideration from many aspects, such as good eye habits, eating habits, regular eye health examination and family environment. By following the above guidelines, we can maximize the protection of children's eye health and prevent the occurrence of eye diseases in children.
