What are the treatment methods for myopia in children?

The probability of children suffering from myopia has been increasing year by year in recent years. No family wants to see children suffer from such physical diseases. However, with the changes in people's living and working habits and the deterioration of the environment, this phenomenon is often unavoidable. All we can do is to actively respond and take correct measures after the symptoms appear, so as to reduce the harm of myopia to children's physical health. Let's take a look at the introduction of relevant experts.

1) Ciliary muscle paralysis method:

It is to use ciliary muscle paralyzing drugs to relax the ciliary muscle and put the eye in a static refractive state, and then check the vision and optometry to confirm. Use 1% atropine eye drops, 1 to 2 times a day for 3 to 4 days; or 2% homatropine or 0.5% tropicamide once every 5 to 15 minutes for a total of 6 times. Check naked eye vision under a pinhole mirror before and after the drops are instilled. If the vision does not change after dilation, it is true myopia; if the vision increases, it is false myopia; if the myopia refraction is found during eye examination, it is true; if there is no myopia refraction, it is false. This is recognized as the most reliable method for differential diagnosis.

2) Cloud and mist method:

Ask the patient to wear +3.0D spherical lenses for both eyes at the same time, look at distant objects for 3 minutes, then remove the right lens and check the naked eye vision immediately. If the vision improves, it is false, and if it does not improve, it is true. Then check the left eye in the same way. This method is not entirely accurate.

3) Dynamic retinoscopy without mydriasis:

① First check the naked eye vision of both eyes at near and far distance. Patients with poor distance vision, normal near vision and no other eye diseases that affect vision are the targets of identification.

②The doctor and the patient sit facing each other in a dark room.

③The patient wears a trial frame with a +2.25D spherical lens placed in front of both eyes.

④ The patient looks at the upper sight mark of the retinoscope with both eyes at the same time (a No. 5 character or a character with few strokes such as large, small, up, or down is pasted on the side of the reflector, and illuminated by the slit light beside the retinoscope);

⑤ Perform dynamic retinoscopy at a distance of 33 cm.

Myopia is a disease that is very harmful to children. It can affect children's doctor's work, study and life, so we must pay great attention to it. I believe everyone is aware of this. If you have more questions, please continue to pay attention to other related articles on our website.