The more you wear glasses, the deeper the degree?Several important issues about myopia

Will wearing glasses deepen myopia?

Can children have myopia correction surgery?

How do children and adolescent prevent myopia?

Experts answered these questions!

Question: Will we wear glasses make myopia deeper and deeper?

answer:

Many parents believe that wearing glasses has made children's myopia deeper and deeper, which is a misunderstanding. Optical correction will not promote the development of myopia. In the case of correctly wearing glasses, the increase in myopia is mainly related to the development of myopia. In the period of childhood, human vision function is in a stage of rapid development. If you use improper eyes, myopia will continue to deepen, and timely wearing appropriate number of glasses can obtain clear vision and delay the development speed of myopia.

Q: What is the reason for children and adolescents to suffer from myopia?

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There are two main factors for forming myopia: one is genetic factors, and the other is environmental factors. Genetic factors mainly affect children and adolescents with high myopia family history. The environmental factors are mainly high -intensity with close -range eyes, which is the main reason for the high incidence of myopia in children and adolescents in my country. In today's society, parents have insufficient control over electronic equipment, and their children's self -control ability is weak. Often, it is often seen at a glance, which has prompted the development of myopia.

Q: Can myopia be cured?

answer:

There are two points to emphasize. First, can myopia "heal"? The answer is "No". After myopia, the axis will become longer. This change is irreversible. The second is that myopia can be "cured"? The answer is also "not." The current medical treatment methods can only allow children to obtain good vision through optical correction (wearing glasses, etc.), but they cannot change the structural changes that have occurred in the eyeball. Therefore, parents must establish the concept of "prevention as the first" and take their children to check their eyes regularly.

Question: What are the means of corrected myopia for children and adolescents?

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The first is to wear frame glasses, which is currently a more common correction method. The second is to wear corneal shaping mirrors, that is, OK mirror, which can delay the development of myopia to a certain extent. However, it is important to emphasize that wearing OK mirrors requires the rigorous judgment of doctors, comprehensive and careful inspections, and proper wearing to complete. The third is the low concentration of Atropine's eye drops to delay or control myopia development speed. Parents are advised to take their children to regular medical institutions to choose myopia correction methods suitable for children after a comprehensive judgment of doctors.

Q: Can children perform myopia surgery?

answer:

There are strict applications for myopia correction surgery: the age of patients is over 18 years old, the number of myopia is stable, and patients with corneal laser surgery have a myopia degree of not exceeding 1000 degrees. Degree, astigmatism is within 600 degrees.

Source of this article: Healthy China

Author: National Health Popular Science Expert Library Expert,

Zhou Xingtao, Dean of the Eye, Ear and Earliology Hospital affiliated to Fudan University

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