Refractive defects include myopia, farsightedness, and astigmatism are the common eye disorders in young people in Vietnam.The number of children with refractive defects has increased sharply in recent years, especially in the urban area.The percentage of myopia in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City can be up to 50-70% in students.After the Covid-19 epidemic, this rate continued to increase.
The cause of eye refractive detractors associated with genetic factors and living and nutritional habits.In addition to the reasons for the lack of micronutrient meals, the lighting environment is not suitable, less participating in outdoor activities, abuse of electronic devices in the digital age is also a factor leading to refractive errors.
Parents should not be subjective because of the consequences and risks brought about by refractive errors.Specifically, in addition to causing inconvenience in living, not seeing clearly, heavy refractive disagreements or refractive disagreements can cause amblyopia, loss of visual function, or heavy nearsightednessHemorrhage royal, premature cataract, glaucoma even causes blindness.
Signs of children with refractive defects, which blurred vision, does not see clearly remote objects;Read words or jump or detect letters when reading;or headache;Eye tired, watery eyes;The view is glare or the halo.
If the child does not proactively talk about the condition of the eye, parents can observe some signs such as frequent narrowed eyes, crooked neck or tilting their heads when looking, not clearly visible on the board, writing wrong words or sitting in learningclose to the edge of the notebook.
When a child is noticeable, parents need to take their children to the doctor for an accurate diagnosis and treatment direction to avoid refractive diseases.
To prevent refractive errors in children, the doctor recommends reducing the time to use electronic equipment;Adjust the viewing distance;Guaranteed light in the classroom.Do not let children's eyes work continuously for a long time, about 30 minutes or 1 hour should rest and relax their eyes.In addition, regular vision testing for children at school age is essential to prevent refractive errors.