A letter from myopia prevention and control I to parents

Hello, this is a letter aimed at promoting you and your children to communicate and learn together in myopia prevention and control, but I will go directly into dry goods, hoping to gain something after reading it.

Regarding the methods of prevention and control of myopia, many parents are afraid of dazzling choices. In fact, the state has always stipulated clearly that the guidance of doctors in regular hospitals can greatly strengthen the prevention and control of myopia. For example, the Guide to Appropriate Technologies for Prevention and Control of Myopia for Children and Adolescents (Updated Edition) issued by National Health Commission proposes that children and adolescents should be managed at different levels and corrected scientifically:

1. For students with normal vision, but with high-risk factors of myopia or insufficient hyperopia reserve, it is suggested that they change their high-risk behaviors, cooperate with schools, families and communities, increase outdoor activities during the day through various channels, reduce myopia behaviors and improve the visual environment.

2. For those with insufficient hyperopia reserve or decreased naked eye vision, their visual function may be abnormal. It is suggested to go to medical institutions for refractive examination such as medical optometry, make a clear diagnosis and take timely measures to correct it.

3. Wearing frame glasses is the first choice to correct ametropia. Parents are advised to go to a medical institution to choose glasses with appropriate degrees for their children according to the requirements of a doctor or optometrist, and follow the doctor's advice. For those with normal glasses vision, preschool children and primary and secondary school students should go to medical institutions to check their naked vision and glasses vision every 3 months or half a year and every 6,654,38+2 months. If their eyesight drops after wearing glasses, it is necessary to determine whether they need to change glasses under the guidance of a doctor.

4. Children and adolescents with myopia are advised to go to regular medical institutions and follow the doctor's advice when using low concentration atropine or wearing orthokeratology lenses (OK lenses) to slow down the progress of myopia.

5. Give full play to the role of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents, formulate and implement a comprehensive correction plan combining traditional Chinese and western medicine, and promote the application of characteristic technologies and methods of traditional Chinese medicine.

Other rumors, I hope parents will not be misled by them. For example, there are some drugs and tools that can reduce myopia, mainly for parents who hear that their children can't take off their glasses and don't want to wear them for their children. In fact, wearing appropriate glasses (the conclusion of regular medical optometry) can correct vision to normal through a reasonable degree, and can reduce children's visual fatigue and delay the growth of myopia. If you don't wear glasses, you are likely to aggravate your visual fatigue and increase your degree because you can't see clearly. Even if the degree drops temporarily after using some tools, parents should be clear about the determination of formal treatment. This is just an illusion that makes you relax your vigilance.

Remember, myopia is more about "prevention" and "control". At present, there is no clinical means to reverse myopia. There are more and more emerging methods that have been clinically verified (such as light feeder and oral omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids). For these parents, don't blindly follow the trend, wait for some clinical experimental data to prove their efficacy, or try under the guidance of professional doctors.

Written at the end: preventing and controlling myopia is a long road, so parents should have patience to face it with their children. At present, the national "double reduction" policy has also created more time for children to strengthen outdoor activities and physical exercise. Parents should set an example, establish good eye hygiene and habits for their children, and correct their unhealthy eye behavior. May every child stay away from myopia, and may every parent stop worrying about their children's myopia.

General ophthalmologist

2021165438+1October 22nd