October 13 is World Sight Day.

Protecting eyesight and preventing myopia is a very important lesson in childhood.

Ophthalmologists suggest that because young children's self-control has not yet formed, there is no awareness of preventing myopia, so parents must first regularly monitor their children's vision.

Generally speaking, children between 3 and 5 years old can reach 0.5 vision, children over 6 years old can reach 0.7, basically think that vision is still acceptable, but this is the minimum standard, most children should be higher than this vision standard.

In addition to the monocular vision standard, if the child is found to have a very large difference in vision between the two eyes, then the eyes with low vision are likely to be problematic, possibly most commonly amblyopia or other problems.

For the child's vision, after the first check of vision, no problems can be half a year to a year to check, if there is a problem, you should see a doctor in time.

Especially if it is found that the child has myopia, every six months should take the child to the hospital for examination, to see whether the degree of myopia progress.

The visual development of adolescents is not fully mature, and it is easy to be disturbed and damaged by the external environment.

During this period, parents should create a good eye environment for their children and guide their children to develop good eye habits from an early age.

In life, parents should correct their children's wrong sitting posture in time, control their children's use of electronic products, urge their children to do outdoor physical exercise, ensure adequate sleep, and eat more food that is good for the eyes.

In fact, the main factor of myopia is six words - long time, close distance, these two factors we avoid any one is actually can delay the progress of myopia.

When we use the eyes of children, especially when reading, writing, and learning, the eyes are one foot away from the book, the hand is one inch away from the pen, and the front chest is one punch away from the table, and remember this can ensure that the reading and writing distance is appropriate.

Close distance with the eyes to a certain time is the need to rest, one way to rest the eyes is to overlook, and another is to close the eyes or do eye exercises, which is a way to relax.

Adolescent myopia will not only affect academic performance, but also related to the future career development direction, serious cases will also be accompanied by strabismus, glaucoma, cataracts, retinal detachment and other diseases.

So, after finding that children are nearsighted, what should parents pay attention to?

If the child is myopic, parents should first be psychologically prepared to face the problem of myopia with their children, which is to control its progress.

After myopia, parents should pay attention to the control of children's eyes, this control or myopia risk factors must be avoided, that is, long-term, close to the eye, so as to make myopia slow progress.

Of course, there are also some medical means that can delay the progress of myopia.

In addition, outdoor activities during the day, which are evidence-based medicine has proved to have a certain (delay) effect on the occurrence and progression of myopia.