Table of contents:
- Why do more and more children have to wear glasses?
- What causes minus eyes?
- How to find out if your child needs to wear glasses?
- Tips for maintaining eye health of myopic children
This is the time of technology, so children come into contact with electronic devices faster. However, this has many negative consequences. One of them is myopia, aka nearsightedness or minus eye, which makes many children wear glasses at a very young age.
Why do more and more children have to wear glasses?
Every day, almost all children spend a lot of time with smartphones or iPads, television, and so on. If they have free time, they will play video games all day long. However, you should know that laptops or cell phones, ipads, and other gadget screens have an alarming force field.
If children are near electronic devices for a long time, their vision will be limited. They will see things far away in a vague way. Their vision will feel blurry and it is difficult to determine the exact position of an object that is located far from them.
Nearsighted children cannot see the TV screen or blackboard at school. Therefore, they need a tool that can help improve their vision. This is why these children then need to wear glasses.
What causes minus eyes?
Nearsightedness or minus eye occurs when the cornea is too curved. So, when the light comes in, the eye can't focus properly. The distance to the object appears blurry.
Currently, the cause of minus eye has not been clearly determined. Maybe the cause is hereditary. If one or both of the child's parents are nearsighted, the child can develop nearsightedness.
Apart from heredity, myopia can be affected by how you care for your eyes. If you always read in poor lighting and spend a lot of time on your computer, it's easier for you to have minus eyes.
In children whose eyes continue to grow, nearsightedness will develop until around the age of 20. However, myopia can also be experienced by adults due to visual stress, cataracts, or diabetes.
How to find out if your child needs to wear glasses?
If your child has any unusual signs, you should take him to the doctor. In the hospital or clinic, the doctor will measure the child's vision with a visibility test. Your child will close one eye and read the alphabet board with various letter sizes from small to large. Then, the doctor will perform the test again with the monitor. The final result will help you find out if your child needs glasses or not.
A normal person's best vision is from 9/10 to 10/10. If your vision is less than this number, you are nearsighted.
Tips for maintaining eye health of myopic children
When you know that your child has to wear glasses all the time, he must learn how to live with the condition and keep his eyes healthy. Apply the following habits.
- Always clean glasses regularly.
- Not only glasses, eyes are also important to keep clean. Use eye drops or special eye drops regularly if your doctor recommends it.
- Let your eyes rest enough for a day.
- Hold the phone at a distance of 10 cm from your eyes.
- Do not read or use cell phones and laptops in a dark place because your eyes have to adjust more.
- Include more foods rich in vitamin A in your daily diet, such as carrots, tomatoes, pumpkin, papaya, peppers, lettuce, etc.
- Eat more Omega-3. This substance is mostly contained in fish oil.
The above signs are basic knowledge that you can easily identify. Prevent your child from developing nearsightedness as best you can.
Hello Health Group does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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