What should I do if my child has astigmatism?

With the development of the times, children nowadays often come into contact with electronic products for a long time. Long-term eye fatigue may cause myopia, astigmatism and other conditions in children's eyes. Having astigmatism can actually cause great damage to a child's cornea, and there are currently effective treatments. So what is the reason why children have astigmatism?

1. How does a child's astigmatism occur?

1. Most people have very mild astigmatism, which is physiological astigmatism. It has no effect on children's vision, and children will not feel visual fatigue, so it needs treatment.

2. Secondly, there are some eye diseases and eye surgeries, which are also major causes of astigmatism in children.

3. In our daily life, study and work, we have not developed good eye habits, which gradually damages our eyes.

4. Many children are picky eaters and parents have no way to deal with them, so many children lack some necessary vitamins, which will cause astigmatism in the long run.

2. How to prevent children's astigmatism

1. When the child is in the developmental stage, parents should take the child to the hospital for a comprehensive eye examination.

2. In life, parents need to guide their children to play in a civilized manner, stay away from dangerous toys, and avoid some eye injuries and eye diseases.

3. Finally, parents should help their children develop hygienic eye habits, avoid touching their eyes frequently, and prevent chemicals from entering their eyes.

3. Hazards

1. Visual fatigue: In order to improve their vision, patients with mild astigmatism often use methods such as changing accommodation, squinting, torticollis, etc. to correct themselves. Continuous adjustment tension and effort can easily cause visual fatigue. For patients with moderate to high astigmatism, since subjective efforts cannot improve vision, the symptoms of visual fatigue are not obvious.

2. Visual impairment: The degree of visual impairment varies greatly due to factors such as the nature of low-to-moderate astigmatism, the degree of refraction, and the direction of the axis. Astigmatism within the physiological range usually has no effect on farsightedness or nearsightedness. High-degree astigmatism is often combined with radial amblyopia or other abnormalities, which leads to obvious visual impairment and difficulty in obtaining good corrected vision.

3. Large difference in curvature radius: Since the curvature radii of the cornea and lens are inconsistent, the difference in curvature radii between the horizontal and vertical meridians is usually the largest.

4. The hazards of astigmatism in children also include other eye diseases: caused by corneal lens diseases such as keratoconus, corneal clouding, early senile cataracts, etc.

That’s all we have to say about how children’s astigmatism is caused. Therefore, it is very important for children to protect their eyes. I hope our parents can pay attention to it. The importance of eyes is self-evident. At the same time, parents also attach great importance to their children’s eye problems. If astigmatism has already occurred, be sure to take your child for treatment. Do not delay the best treatment time and cause unnecessary trouble to your child.