What to do if your three-year-old baby has astigmatism

The baby's eyesight is very important. It is of great significance to the baby's future life and work. Therefore, parents must pay more attention to the baby's eyesight. For the baby's physical health, pay more attention to the baby's eyesight health. Children's vision is nothing more than myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. What should I do if my three-year-old baby has astigmatism? Let’s take a look at what the experts say below.

Eye astigmatism is a type of refractive error. When the refractive surface of the eyeball (mainly the corneal surface) becomes an irregular spherical surface due to various reasons, the refractive power of each diameter and each part is caused to be unequal. Then, the parallel light rays entering the eye cannot form a complete focus on the retina, resulting in an unclear image. This situation is called astigmatism.

The treatment of astigmatism in children mainly depends on the quality of vision and the severity of visual fatigue. If it is regular astigmatism, does not cause visual impairment and there is no visual fatigue, no treatment is needed. If you have visual fatigue, regardless of the degree of astigmatism, even if the astigmatism is very slight, you need to dilate your pupil for an eye test and wear appropriate corrective glasses. In principle, all degrees of astigmatism must be corrected, but if the degree of astigmatism is too high and you cannot adapt to it, you can first wear low-degree corrective glasses, slowly adapt, and then wear high-degree corrective glasses.

Regular astigmatism can be corrected using frame astigmatism glasses or astigmatism contact lenses. Irregular astigmatism can generally only be corrected with highly oxygen permeable hard contact lenses - RGP glasses.

Children's eye examinations often require mydriasis. The reason is that children's eyes have a strong ability to self-regulate, and the existence of adjustment will mask the actual degree of refractive error. In addition, for the examination of astigmatism, not only the degree of astigmatism but also the axis of the astigmatism must be determined. The determination of the axis also requires mydriasis to be accurately determined.

After the above editor’s introduction to baby astigmatism, I believe that all parents must have a clearer understanding of their children’s vision problems. We must pay more attention to children’s astigmatism. The solution to astigmatism in a three-year-old baby should be put on our agenda, and we should actively learn about it. Take your children for check-ups more often, and if you find any problems with your child's vision, be sure to take treatment measures as soon as possible.