Does your child feel uncomfortable here or there when reading? Beware of this problem!

If your child complains to you that his eyes are sore, tired, or he has a headache when reading; if your child always has difficulty concentrating when reading; if your child always reads in series or misses words;... it may not be that your child is "dislikes studying" or is "stupid", but there may be a problem with his binocular vision function.

1. What is binocular vision? Binocular vision refers to the ability of two eyes to work together, including simultaneous vision, fusion vision and stereoscopic vision. In plain words, the left eye and the right eye actually have different visions of the same object, which are fused into one through the visual center of the brain to form a complete three-dimensional image. In daily life, we can accurately use our eyes to judge distances and watch 3D movies, which are all due to our normal binocular vision. If the binocular vision function is abnormal, problems such as blurred vision at a distance or near distance, double vision, lack of concentration, visual fatigue, lack of concentration, and even increased myopia may occur, affecting reading and learning efficiency.

2. It is very important to check binocular vision function for myopia prevention and control in adolescents and children . Abnormal binocular vision function is one of the more common optometry problems among adolescents and children. The examination of binocular vision function mainly includes the evaluation of accommodation function, convergence function, fusion function and eye movement function. For adolescents and children, the results of binocular vision function examination can provide a reference for scientific glasses fitting and cultivating good glasses wearing habits. If necessary, binocular vision function training can also be used to improve related problems, which may play a certain role in alleviating the rapid deepening of myopia caused by abnormal visual function.

3. What should I do if there is a problem with my visual function? After discovering abnormal visual function, I should first conduct a comprehensive examination, and make correct refractive correction and fit appropriate glasses according to the examination results. If necessary, you can choose to wear prisms or other special optical lenses. If the problem is not solved after wearing glasses, you need to consider visual training. Visual training is an intervention method to improve visual function through scientific methods, which aims to train the accommodation function, convergence function, eye movement function and coordination ability of both eyes. Through visual training, problems such as visual fatigue, eye movement disorders and dyslexia can be effectively alleviated, and it may also play a certain regulatory role in pseudomyopia in adolescents. This is also one of the common methods for binocular vision dysfunction.

Aier Eye Hospital reminds you that children's binocular vision function gradually improves from the age of 3, and they can cooperate with learning to read the eye chart. At this time, parents can take their children to professional ophthalmology medical institutions for eye health examinations, establish refractive development files for children and adolescents, and understand the eye development of children in a more timely manner, so as to protect their children's eyes in a targeted manner.