An 8-year-old child doesn't play electronic products, but has 300 degrees of myopia! It turns out that he has this hobby

"My child never plays with a mobile phone and seldom watches TV, so how come he became nearsighted?" Guoguo's mother (pseudonym) was very surprised to learn that her son was 300 degrees nearsighted.

Guoguo, who is 8 years old this year, was found to have abnormal vision during the school vision screening not long ago, so the school notified his parents to take Guoguo to the hospital for further vision examination. After a series of precise professional examinations such as vision test, computer optometry, eye axis test, comprehensive optometry, mydriasis optometry, etc., it was determined that Guoguo's left eye was 200 degrees myopic and the right eye was 300 degrees myopic.

When Qin Yinyan, deputy chief physician of the Department of Optometry and Pediatric Ophthalmology at Wuhan University Aier Eye Hospital, informed Guoguo's mother of the news, Guoguo's mother showed a very surprised expression. She said to the doctor in disbelief: "How is this possible? My child never plays with a mobile phone and rarely watches TV, how could he be nearsighted?" During the conversation, Guoguo's mother repeatedly emphasized: In daily life, Guoguo rarely uses various electronic products every day.

Director Qin Yinyan said that long-term close-range eye use is an important cause of myopia. Close-range eye use is not limited to looking at electronic products, but also includes reading, doing homework, drawing, playing the piano, etc.

After being reminded by Director Qin Yinyan, Guoguo's mother suddenly realized: "I always felt that electronic products were the most harmful to children's eyesight, so I only focused on their use. My child likes puzzles very much. Every time he finishes his homework, he has to play puzzles for at least an hour!"

Director Qin Yinyan reminds everyone that myopia prevention and control must be scientific and reasonable, otherwise it is easy to backfire. For children who are not myopic, the most important thing is to maintain and prevent it. In life, adhere to the three twenty principles, namely: continuous near vision should not exceed 20 minutes, rest your eyes every 20 minutes, look into the distance of 20 feet (about 6 meters), relax your eyes for 20 seconds, and have no less than 2 hours of effective outdoor activities every day. It should be noted that outdoor activities before the sun sets are effective. For children who are already myopic, the most important thing is to control the degree of myopia and prevent it from developing into high myopia. The main control methods are orthokeratology lenses, microstructure frame glasses, and low-concentration atropine eye drops.

June 6 this year is the 29th "National Eye Care Day" in my country. The theme of this year is "Pay attention to general eye health". Director Qin Yinyan said that prevention is more important than control in the prevention and control of myopia among adolescents and children, and family prevention and control is the key. Parents should develop good eye habits with their children and take their children to outdoor activities more often to prevent myopia.