How to prevent children's myopia? What is the suggestion of Guangzhou Branch of Children's Ophthalmology?

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How to prevent children's myopia

The incidence of myopia in children is increasing year by year, which seriously affects their learning and quality of life. In order to prevent the occurrence of myopia in children, Guangzhou Branch of Children's Ophthalmology Department gives the following suggestions:

Reasonably arrange eye use time

Long term close eye use is one of the main reasons for children's myopia. Parents should help children to reasonably arrange the time of eye use, each eye use should be controlled within 30 minutes, and after each eye use, they should take a rest at the right time, so that the eyes can be fully relaxed. At the same time, avoid staring at TV, mobile phone or computer screen for a long time, and try to choose some activities conducive to eye rest.

In addition, parents should also strengthen the education of children's eye hygiene and encourage them to participate in outdoor sports activities. Outdoor activities are conducive to the regulation of hyperopia and play a very important role in preventing myopia.

Keep a good eye posture

Correct eye posture is essential to protect vision. Parents should guide their children to sit, stand, write and read correctly, and avoid bowing or bending over to read and write, so as to avoid eye muscle fatigue and visual burden.

In addition, parents can also choose suitable desks and chairs for children to ensure that children's eyes are about 30cm away from the books when writing and reading, and the books are parallel to the ground, which helps alleviate eye fatigue.

Ensure adequate sleep

Insufficient sleep will lead to eye fatigue and deepened glasses. In order to prevent the occurrence of myopia in children, parents should ensure that children have enough sleep time every day. Children need different amount of sleep every day according to their age. Generally speaking, preschool children need 11-12 hours of sleep, and pupils need 10 hours of sleep.

In addition, parents should also pay attention to their children's work and rest patterns, not let them stay up late, try to keep a fixed time to get up and go to sleep, and help them establish good habits.

Regular eye examination

Regular ophthalmic examination can detect and correct vision problems as soon as possible and prevent further development of myopia. It is recommended that parents take their children for a comprehensive ophthalmic examination every year, including vision examination, fundus examination and diopter measurement.

If the child is found to have vision problems or the degree of myopia is increasing, seek professional eye treatment and consultation in a formal eye hospital in time to avoid affecting the normal vision development of the child.

Summary

The prevention of children's myopia is a comprehensive work, which requires the cooperation of parents, teachers and doctors. Reasonable arrangement of eye use time, good eye use posture, adequate sleep and regular eye examination are important measures to prevent myopia in children. The implementation of these measures can effectively reduce the incidence of myopia in children and protect their eyesight health.