What should I do if my nine-year-old child is nearsighted?

Today's parents attach great importance to their children's academic performance, so they teach their children to study hard from an early age, and let their children learn various knowledge and skills every day. In this process, many parents do not pay attention to their children's eye problems, so the children's myopia problem is getting more and more serious. If a child at the age of eight or nine has myopia, it will have a great impact on his future life and work. So how to solve the problem of children's myopia?

What should I do if my nine-year-old child is nearsighted?

You can refer to the following methods to protect your eyes and control the growth of myopia:

1. Do not use your eyes at close range for too long. You should take a short break for 3 to 5 minutes every 40 to 50 minutes and look into the distance for a while to relieve visual fatigue.

2. When reading, writing, or using the computer, maintain correct posture, the table and chair should be of appropriate height, and the distance between eyes and reading materials should be kept about 33 cm.

3. Eat a combination of whole grains, meat and vegetables, eat more vegetables and fruits, and don’t be picky about food. Lack of vitamins in food can easily lead to night blindness and dry eyes, while lack of trace elements chromium and calcium in food can easily lead to myopia.

4. When reading or writing, the light should be moderate, not too strong or too dark. The light should come from the front left to prevent the shadow of the hand from obstructing your vision. The light should be soft. If it is an incandescent lamp, it should be between 25 and 40W. It is not recommended to read in sunlight. Because the intensity of light has a direct impact on pupil dilation, excessively strong light will increase the intensity of eye adjustment and increase the intensity of eye labor, which can easily cause myopia over time. Generally, a desk lamp should be below 40 watts.

5. Avoid reading while walking or in a moving car. Because the car is vibrating and the body is shaking, the distance between the eyes and the book cannot be fixed, and the burden on the glasses will increase. If you do this often, you are likely to become nearsighted.

6. Actively participate in physical exercise to enhance physical fitness. When the eyeball follows a target, the ciliary muscle constantly relaxes and contracts, and the synergistic effect of the extraocular muscles can increase the blood perfusion of the eye, promote eye metabolism, and thus reduce eye fatigue. Moreover, the quality of physical fitness is closely related to the occurrence of myopia in children. Children who are malnourished and have weak constitutions are prone to myopia.

7. Keep doing correct eye exercises. By massaging the acupuncture points around the eyes to enhance orbital blood circulation, improve neuronutrition, and eliminate excessive congestion in the eyes, the purpose of relieving eye fatigue can be achieved. This is beneficial for the prevention and treatment of pseudomyopia in adolescents and is a good method for adolescent eye self-care.

8. Eat less sweets. Because a large amount of vitamin B1 is needed to metabolize sugar in the body, if too much sugar is consumed, vitamin B1 will become insufficient. Vitamin B1 deficiency can affect the growth and development of the optic nerve, leading to vision loss. Excessive intake of sugar will also reduce calcium in the body, weaken the elasticity of the eyeball, and promote the occurrence and development of myopia.

9. Go to an ophthalmologist to check your eyesight regularly. If you find any deterioration, correct it in time to prevent myopia from getting worse.