Jimu News reporter Liao Shiqi
correspondent Ao Panpan
"In the beginning, you shouldn't use your mobile phone to coax your baby to eat, and gradually developed the bad habit of not looking at the phone and not eating." Not long ago, a pair of young parents brought a 3-year-old Daughter Qiqi (pseudonym) came to Wuhan Aier Eye Hospital Hankou Hospital for treatment. When I learned that the child's right eye myopia was 275 degrees and the left eye myopia was 300 degrees, I almost collapsed.
What causes children to become short-sighted prematurely? In order to find out the truth, Xie Xiaohua, director of the Pediatric Strabismus Amblyopia Department, an expert in admissions, asked the child's living habits. He learned that her parents worked hard to make Qi Qi eat well, and found that using her mobile phone to coax her worked well, and gradually developed the bad habit of not looking at her phone and not eating, often playing for two hours at a time. At home, they did not pay attention to observe any abnormality in the child's sight. If the kindergarten did not report the results of the eye examination to them in time, they may not have known the fact that the child has long been shortsighted.
"Children become quieter when they play, and some parents are quite happy, it seems that they have hired an 'electronic nanny' at home. But this kind of toy-like electronic product has a natural attraction to children, and the younger the child, the more they like it. The easier it is to get started." Xie Xiaohua said that the incidence of myopia in children and adolescents is getting higher and higher, and the age is getting younger and the degree is getting deeper and deeper, which is related to the premature use of electronic products. Because children play with electronic products such as computers and mobile phones, their eyes will come together without knowing it. Premature and long-term close gaze will induce myopia, especially children aged 2 to 3 who are in the critical and sensitive period of visual development.
He suggested that children under the age of 2 should not use any form of electronic products, that children in kindergartens should not use electronic products for more than 15 minutes at a time, primary school students should not use more than 20 minutes, and middle school students should not use more than 30 minutes. Ensure correct sitting posture and proper distance. If you find that your child is squinting to see things, blurred vision, or can't see the blackboard clearly, you should take your child to a regular ophthalmologist in time.
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