Does a child need to get glasses if he can’t see clearly?

Since my child started school, more and more children in the class have been diagnosed with myopia, and even "no need to wear glasses" has been included in the criteria for "new filial sons". In this era of internal competition, if your child has always had excellent eyesight and doesn't even need to wear glasses, it really saves money and effort.

During the holidays, children use their eyes for a long time at close range (playing with mobile phones, tablets, watching TV), which can easily lead to bad eye habits. Parents, please note that once you find that your child cannot see clearly, do not rush to get glasses, because there are many reasons why your child cannot see clearly.

Pseudomyopia

Pseudomyopia is caused by excessive use of the eyes, which causes the ciliary muscles of the eyes to be in an over-adjusted state, resulting in an adjustment spasm, which increases the refractive power of the lens and causes blurred vision. It will gradually recover after relaxation and mydriasis intervention, and glasses are not needed. However, it is difficult to distinguish between true myopia and pseudomyopia. If you don't know which one your child has, you can go straight to glasses, which can easily turn the original pseudomyopia into true myopia.

Other eye diseases

In addition to myopia, children may also suffer from eye diseases such as amblyopia and strabismus , which not only affect their appearance, but may even cause varying degrees of vision damage if allowed to develop.

Therefore, in addition to myopia, there are many other reasons that may cause children to have difficulty seeing clearly. The first thing parents need to do is to take their children to a professional medical institution for a detailed examination, including vision test, slit lamp examination, intraocular pressure, mydriasis refraction, axial length measurement, fundus examination, etc. , to confirm the cause of the child's vision loss and carry out further diagnosis and treatment measures accordingly.