The more you wear glasses, the stronger the prescription becomes? I almost believed it!

It's not easy to be a mother nowadays

I worry if my child doesn't eat well.

If you eat too much and don't like to move, you will worry

Don't worry about studying at home

Myopia is more worrying

The more you wear glasses, the stronger the prescription becomes?

Will your eyes bulge after wearing glasses for a long time?

Can myopic children not wear glasses?

Just move the seat to the front?

When it comes to myopia prevention and control, you will find that although mothers care very much, they are always "blind" or even "putting the wrong efforts" due to various reasons!

Without further ado, today we invite Wang Tingting, a member of the Optometry Technology Quality Control and Management Group of the Medical Technician Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, a national second-level optometrist, and the optometry supervisor of the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University (Aier Eye Hospital Group Hubei General Hospital), to review with you the minefields of myopia prevention and control that mothers are prone to fall into! Help everyone avoid various pitfalls and correctly "grasp the key points"~

Minefield 1:

The closer the seat to the front of the classroom, the better.

In fact, mothers don’t need to worry too much about the front and back of the seats. In comparison, children’s eye hygiene habits, such as reading and writing postures, are what should be paid more attention to.

If the child has trouble seeing the blackboard clearly, the mother should take the child to a regular hospital for a refractive examination in time.

Minefield 2:

If you keep wearing glasses, the prescription will get worse

When some mothers get their children's eye test results and hear the doctor's suggestion that their children need to wear glasses, they are reluctant to do so, thinking that "wearing glasses will make the degree of myopia worse"!

Some parents even try other "methods" to prevent their children from wearing glasses, but in the end they still cannot escape the fate of wearing glasses. Not only does it harm their children's eyesight, but it also makes them gradually embark on the path of high myopia!

Therefore, the statement that “wearing glasses will make the degree worse” is wrong.

Children wear glasses to adapt to learning needs such as seeing a blackboard in the distance. However, if a child is found to be nearsighted and does not wear glasses for correction, the child will have difficulty seeing things and will begin to squint, tilt his head, etc., which will cause excessive eye fatigue over time.

Therefore, mothers should follow the doctor's advice, conduct scientific intervention and myopia correction, help children develop good eye habits, and protect their eye health.

Minefield 3:

Don't worry about the trouble, just go to an optical shop for eye examination and glasses

When many mothers suspect that their children are nearsighted, they will go to a nearby optical shop to have their children tested and fitted with glasses. In fact, this operation is not safe, especially for children and teenagers!

Pay attention!!!

Children and adolescents have stronger eyesight adjustment ability, and excessive adjustment may lead to distortion of refractive examination results. If only routine eye examination is performed, the child's true refractive power cannot be obtained, and the brightness of the glasses prescribed is likely to be inaccurate.

Zhou Chao, member of the Medical Technicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, national first-level (senior) optometrist, and director of the optometry department of the Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University (Aier Eye Hospital Group Hubei Headquarters), reminds you: When you suspect that your child is nearsighted or needs a reexamination, you must go to a professional ophthalmology hospital for examination and fitting!