How can we scientifically protect children’s bright eyes due to excessive eye use during the summer vacation?

With the arrival of summer, summer vacation has become a happy time that children look forward to. However, while enjoying this long vacation, many children suffer from visual fatigue due to overuse of their eyes. Today, we will discuss the problem of children's overuse of eyes and visual fatigue during the summer vacation, and share some scientific methods to protect children's bright eyes.

1. Reasons for children's excessive eye use during summer vacation

During the summer vacation, children have more free time, and electronic products such as mobile phones, tablets, and televisions often become their first choice for entertainment. Staring at the screen for a long time requires the eyes to constantly adjust the focus and adapt to changes in light, which can easily lead to eye fatigue. In addition, close-up eye activities such as reading, writing, and painting can also increase the burden on the eyes if the time is too long or the posture is incorrect.

2. Symptoms and hazards of visual fatigue

The symptoms of visual fatigue mainly include dry eyes, pain, congestion, tearing, blurred vision, etc. Long-term visual fatigue will not only affect children's vision health, but may also cause headaches, inattention, memory loss and other problems, affecting children's learning and quality of life.

3. How to scientifically protect children's bright eyes

1. Arrange your eye time properly

Parents should guide their children to properly arrange their eye use time and avoid using electronic products for long periods of time. It is recommended that children look at the scenery 20 feet (about 6 meters) away and take a 20-second break every 20 minutes of eye use. At the same time, they should reduce the time of using their eyes at close range and engage in appropriate outdoor activities to allow their eyes to get enough rest and relaxation.

2. Maintain correct eye posture

When reading, writing, drawing, etc., you should maintain the correct posture. Keep your eyes one foot (about 33 cm) away from the book or paper, your chest one fist away from the desk, and the tip of the pen one inch (about 3 cm) away from your finger. Avoid using your eyes in low light or overly bright light.

3. Increase time spent outdoors

Outdoor activities are an effective way to relieve visual fatigue. Parents should encourage their children to participate in more outdoor activities, such as outings, picnics, swimming, etc. During outdoor activities, the natural light in the sun helps adjust the eyes' ability to adapt to light and reduce the burden on the eyes.

4. Diet adjustment

Diet is equally important for eye health. Parents should guide their children to eat more foods rich in vitamins A, C, E and Omega-3 fatty acids, such as carrots, spinach, citrus fruits, nuts, fish, etc. These foods help protect eye health and relieve visual fatigue.

5. Check your eyesight regularly

Even if the child does a good job of using his eyes during the summer vacation, parents should still take their children to the hospital for regular vision examinations. Through professional examinations, vision problems can be discovered and corrected in time to ensure the health of the child's vision.

In short, summer vacation is a time for children to relax and enjoy themselves, but eye health is equally important. Parents should guide their children to arrange their eye time reasonably, maintain correct eye posture, increase outdoor activity time, pay attention to diet conditioning and have regular vision examinations. Let us protect children's bright eyes and let them spend a healthy and happy summer vacation!

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