What's wrong with a five-year-old baby's astigmatism?

With the improvement of modern human living standards, televisions, mobile phones, computers, and game consoles are found in almost every household. Some parents and elders even let their children indulge in it in order to save themselves the trouble of taking care of them. Children are young and their eyes are not well developed. If they do not pay attention to eye hygiene and are exposed to a lot of adverse stimulation over a long period of time, problems can easily arise. The age is also getting younger. So what’s going on with a five-year-old baby’s astigmatism? Let’s take a look at it together below.

Astigmatism is an abnormal refractive condition of the eye, which is related to the curvature of the cornea. Human eyes are not perfect. Some people's corneas are curved in some angle areas and flatter in other angle areas. The cause of astigmatism is that the uneven thickness or curvature of the cornea makes the refractive rates of the corneal meridians inconsistent, so that the light passing through these meridians cannot be focused on the same focus. In this way, the light cannot be accurately focused on the retina to form a clear image of the object. This situation is called astigmatism.

1. Regular astigmatism

Different cylindrical lenses can be used to correct astigmatism according to the type and degree of astigmatism.

2. Irregular astigmatism

Can be corrected with contact lenses.

3. Operation

Adults over 18 years old with high astigmatism may consider corneal refractive surgery.

The treatment of astigmatism in children mainly depends on the quality of vision and the severity of visual fatigue. If the child has regular astigmatism, does not cause visual impairment, and has no visual fatigue, no treatment is needed. If children have visual fatigue, no matter how large or small the astigmatism is, even if the astigmatism is very slight, they need to have their pupils dilated for refraction and wear appropriate corrective glasses. In principle, all degrees of astigmatism must be corrected, but if the child's astigmatism is too high and cannot adapt, he or she can first wear low-degree corrective glasses, slowly adapt, and then wear high-degree corrective glasses.

What’s wrong with my five-year-old baby’s astigmatism? I believe everyone has already understood it. In daily life, we must pay attention to children's eye hygiene and not let children have too much contact with computers, televisions, mobile phones and other home appliances that emit radiation and can harm the eyes. Parents don’t need to worry too much about children who already have astigmatism. Medicine is advanced now and children’s eyes are not fully developed yet, so there is always a way to treat it. We just need to pay more attention to not letting children get visual fatigue.