What to do if a three-year-old child is nearsighted

If a three-year-old child develops myopia, you should take the child to an ophthalmologist for examination in time to see whether it is true myopia or false myopia. It can be prevented through lens correction. There are many reasons for children's myopia, including genetic reasons and improper use of the eyes. Especially in recent years, there are more and more electronic products, and excessive use of the eyes can also lead to myopia.

What to do if a three-year-old child is nearsighted

First, correction through lenses, which is a very common correction method. Wearing glasses is the most basic measure to correct children's myopia. For mild myopia that does not affect life and study, it is not emphasized to wear glasses immediately. For moderate to severe myopia, since the distance vision is significantly reduced, if it is not corrected, it will inevitably affect life and study, and glasses must be worn. Before getting glasses, you must first use retinoscopy to find out the true degree of myopia. Eye examination for teenagers should be performed under ciliary muscle paralysis to control the accommodation effect and exclude pseudomyopia. The principle of fitting glasses should be to use the lowest power lens that can correct the myopic vision to the best vision.

Second, high myopia in children under 6 years old is more common in congenital and hereditary conditions, and is often a type of myopia. These children often have poor vision and their corrected vision is not ideal. For progressive myopia, pediatric posterior scleral reinforcement surgery can be considered.

Third, correction through laser surgery. This is a definite treatment for myopia, however, it is not suitable for children.

What is myopia?

"My eyesight is 5.0, but why is my baby so nearsighted?" More and more parents are having this question. Why is my child a "little four-eyed kid" at such a young age? !

Firstly, environmental factors are the most likely cause of eye refraction in current clinical research. Creating a harsh visual environment, visual deprivation and restricting distance vision can cause young animals to become highly myopic. Children's heavy close-range work and poor visual hygiene conditions are important causes of the occurrence and development of simple myopia in children and adolescents.

In addition, if both parents or only one parent is nearsighted, the child is more likely to develop myopia. Because through large-scale population surveys and twin studies, it has been proven that myopia is an eye disease that is closely related to genetics. High myopia is an autosomal recessive trait, while simple myopia is a multifactorial trait.

If you want to prevent and treat myopia, you should start by improving children’s learning environment, cultivating good eye habits, increasing outdoor activities, and strengthening physical fitness.