There is no time to lose, take your child for a comprehensive eyesight check!

Recently, all schools have been conducting unified vision examinations. Many parents have already learned about the changes in their children’s vision. Don’t forget to take your children for a comprehensive vision examination to check for any vision problems.

Importance of vision examination

1. Helps to detect refractive problems in time

Refractive problems such as myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism are very common in children and adolescents. Some children will not express their feelings of not being able to see clearly, and it is difficult for parents to discover their vision problems. Regular examinations can detect children's refractive symptoms in time, so that timely intervention and correction can be carried out to avoid the occurrence and development of refractive problems.

2. Helps to detect children's eye diseases in time

Eye diseases such as strabismus and amblyopia are also common eye diseases in the growth process of children and adolescents. If not discovered and treated in time, it will have adverse effects on children's eye development and vision health.

3. Helps prevent the development of high myopia

Once myopia occurs, it is irreversible. If it is not well controlled, it may develop into high myopia. High myopia has become a hidden "vision killer" and will bring the risk of fundus lesions. In severe cases, it can cause irreversible visual damage or even blindness. It urgently needs the attention of parents.

Which children should be checked early?

1. I often complain that I can't see the words on the blackboard clearly during class and that things far away are not clear.
2. When watching TV, he often leans in close to see things, or likes to squint or tilt his head to see things.
3. The eyes cannot focus at the same time and one eye is tilted.
4. After reading for a long time, the handwriting may become blurred and overlapping, or you may easily experience headaches, eye swelling, and eye soreness.
5. When abnormal vision and refractive error are found during physical examination.

What to do after a professional inspection?

1. Establish a vision file

Every child should have an exclusive vision file to dynamically monitor vision changes and myopia development to ensure that intervention measures are targeted and effective.

2. Change bad eye habits

Cultivating correct eye habits is an important means to prevent the occurrence and development of myopia. Taking more than 2 hours of outdoor activities every day plays a vital role in preventing and controlling myopia.

3. If there is a problem with the degree, please carry out fitting in time

Once myopia occurs, scientific prevention and control measures should be selected under the guidance of professional doctors. Wear appropriate glasses to maintain clear and comfortable vision and delay the growth of myopia.

Zhu Lina, director of Tianjin University Aier Eye Hospital, said that during the May Day holiday, children and adolescents are prone to irregular lifestyles, lack of outdoor activities, and prolonged close-up eye use, which can subtly lead to the development of myopia, worsening of myopia, and rapid growth of the eye axis.

The refractive development management of children and adolescents is not a simple eye examination, but a process of comprehensive, regular and long-term monitoring of children's eye health, comprehensive analysis, personalized, phased intervention and treatment. It is an effective myopia prevention and control measure that requires the joint efforts of parents, children, schools and medical institutions.