Can't see the blackboard clearly in the new semester? Don't let the "back to school season" become your child's "myopia season"!

During the holidays, children are addicted to mobile games, watch TV shows all day, and lack outdoor sports and exercise... their hearts are "wild" and their eyesight is "free". With the start of the new semester, children's myopia problem has become more prominent. Many parents have heard their children say, "Mom, I can't see the blackboard clearly!" September is the ninth national myopia prevention and control publicity and education month . Eye health examinations for children and adolescents should also be included in parents' plans for their children's school season.

If your child can’t see the blackboard clearly, don’t rush to change his seat!

Simply changing seats is only a temporary solution to the problem and cannot fundamentally control myopia. Some children may develop "pseudomyopia" due to excessive eye use during the holidays, but if they only rely on changing seats to see the blackboard clearly, and pseudomyopia is not treated in time or is not treated properly, it will eventually develop into irreversible "true myopia".

Therefore, instead of "changing seats", parents should take their children to a regular ophthalmology hospital at the beginning of the school season to understand the true situation of their children's refractive error and adopt more targeted treatment plans. Scientific prevention and control of myopia and timely examination are the key!

There are many hidden dangers of vision threats during the holidays

Zhu Lina, director of Tianjin University Aier Eye Hospital, said that the eyeballs of teenagers have not yet matured. After a holiday of intensive eye use, children's vision will definitely be affected. If you don't have a timely vision check and understand the child's vision condition in detail to achieve early detection and control, it will not only deepen the child's myopia, but also affect their studies in the new semester.

Distinguishing true from false myopia

Generally speaking, pseudomyopia is just a state of spasm of accommodation function, which mostly occurs in adolescents and children. Vision will decline within a few weeks or 1-2 months, but it can be improved to a certain extent after proper rest. If parents do not pay attention to their eyesight, and directly adjust the seat or give their children glasses when they hear their children say they can't see clearly, pseudomyopia will turn into true myopia. Therefore, early mydriasis optometry examination can distinguish true myopia from false in time.

Myopia has many harmful effects, not just wearing glasses

Myopia is not just a problem for children, it also causes inconvenience in study and work. More importantly, once the degree of myopia increases rapidly and develops into high myopia, in addition to retinal detachment, it may also increase complications such as vitreous degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, and the risk of blindness in severe cases. Therefore, it is recommended to take your child for a vision test at the beginning of the school year to detect and control it early. For children who already have myopia, they should also have regular checkups and change their glasses in time.