Why do children need regular eye examinations?
The Importance of Preventing Children's Vision Problems
Children's eyesight has become a common health problem in modern society. Long term overuse of electronic equipment, close reading, lack of outdoor activities and other factors may adversely affect children's vision development. The detection and intervention of children's vision problems need to be carried out at the earliest stage, and regular ophthalmic examination is an important means to detect and solve these problems as early as possible.
First, through regular eye examinations, doctors can find children's vision problems as early as possible and provide corresponding treatment and management programs. For example, if the degree of myopia of a child is gradually increasing, the ophthalmologist can provide glasses or recommend other treatment methods for the child in a timely manner.
In addition, regular eye examinations can help doctors find and deal with other potential diseases that may cause vision problems in a timely manner. For example, children may suffer from astigmatism, strabismus, amblyopia and other eye problems. If these problems are not detected and intervened early, they may seriously affect children's vision and quality of life.
Specific items and effects of ophthalmic examination
Ophthalmic examination for children usually includes optometry, fundus examination and ocular dynamics examination. These examinations can comprehensively and detailedly assess children's vision and eye health.
Optometry includes the assessment of common vision problems such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. The doctor will determine whether the children's vision is normal through degree examination, eye movement assessment and fundus examination. Fundus examination can assess the health of structures such as retina, choroid and vitreous body.
Eye dynamics can evaluate children's visual function and eye movement coordination. This examination can help doctors understand whether children have strabismus, amblyopia and other problems, and carry out corresponding treatment and intervention.
Through these ophthalmic examination items, doctors can fully understand the vision of children and provide personalized treatment programs. The effect of regular ophthalmic examination is to find and solve vision problems as soon as possible, so as to ensure children's eye health.
Time and frequency of regular eye examinations
The development of children's vision needs a certain amount of time. Therefore, the time and frequency of regular eye examinations are very important.
Generally speaking, children need to undergo vision screening at the 6th month, 3rd, 6th and 12th years after birth. These time points are important nodes for children's vision development, and also the window period for early detection and solution of problems.
In addition, in addition to these key nodes, if the child has eye fatigue, blurred vision, frequent blinking and other vision problems in daily life, parents should timely take the child to the ophthalmic hospital for examination. Take preventive measures to avoid further deterioration of vision problems.
epilogue
Children are the future of society, and their visual health is closely related to their study and life. Regular eye examination is very important for the prevention and treatment of children's vision problems. Only by finding problems in time and taking appropriate treatment measures can children's eye health be guaranteed. As a regular hospital, Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital provides professional pediatric ophthalmic services, provides high-quality eye health management for children, and escorts their growth.
