Win a school myopia!

Recently acquired myopia at a young age was rare. Now on the decrease of visual acuity are increasingly complaining about twenty people and even children. Studies show that by the end of school for almost a third of the students it is short-sighted.



Why we lose sight


Ophthalmologists have noticed that a sharp decrease in vision occurs twice in the life of every child: 1-3 grades when the child goes to school and starts to actively engage in the learning process, and in adolescence, when the child is preparing to go to College.




Alas, acquired myopia is our payback for progress. We ourselves too much time to spend on the computer and in front of the TV and not limited in these pleasures children. In the end, the eyes are trying to adjust to working with small objects at close range. Seriously this affects not yet clear sight of children.




The fact that a child is born with small eyes, which are by nature long-sighted. In the process of life and growth of the eye should reach normal size, then the child begins to see clearly objects. For 7-8 years formed 70-100% vision. Now, however, the visual load of babies and very serious. With 4-5 years they are taught to draw, to write, to read music, and so on, In the end, the eyes begin to adjust to the new conditions and are growing much faster than required. This adaptation process and leads to the development of myopia.





Help night lenses


- It is difficult for parents to notice blurred vision in children, " says ophthalmologist of the highest category, head physician of the Center of vision diagnostics Elena Maleeva. Children often do not understand what they see bad, because I don't know how to see well. So pay attention to the following indications:




- delay speech and language development, writing,


- memory impairment,


- slowing of thought processes,


- decrease achievement,


- comments about bad behavior in class (and the child simply does not see the Board begins to ask and to look to the neighbor in the notebook).





- How can we help the student?
- Fits any adequate vision correction glasses, soft contact lenses and hard night contact lenses. If the first two tools we are familiar, something about the night contact lenses, or so-called orthokeratology vision correction, few have heard. And this is one of the most advanced techniques.




Note that to treat myopia impossible (if the eye is stretched, the less will not be). We only hinder further growth of the eye and contribute to its normal operation. According to scientific research, progressive myopia from 20 to 40 percent stabilized when wearing these lenses.




The essence of treatment that night put lens reverse (reverse) geometry, each of which is calculated individually on the curvature of the cornea. The patient sleeps in the lens, and relieves morning and sees perfectly the whole day (24 to 48 hours) without additional correction, i.e. without glasses or conventional contact lenses. If you stop using the lenses, vision will return to its original state for 72 hours. This is convenient because the person at any time can go back to glasses or conventional soft contact lenses.




The treatment lasts for one year, but within one month returns absolute vision.




When wearing these lenses are developed reserves of accommodation - the property of the eye for maximum stretch and relax the eye muscle. This correction is suitable for people with myopia and astigmatism. There are no age limits, night lenses can be worn from the age of six. Their use in children allows to solve two problems simultaneously: optical (vision correction to 100 percent) and medical (to stabilize myopia and stop its progression).





- What other methods are used to support the organs of vision in working condition?
For children and adolescents hardware effectively treating diseases of the eye, which aims to improve the blood circulation of the ciliary muscle, which is responsible for steering sharpness. For this purpose, laser therapy, magnetic therapy, chromotherapy, special massagers, and computer programs for training and relaxation of the muscles of the eyes.





Important!



Vision spoil


- computer games (keep this car child can no earlier than 12 years and sessions should be no more than 0, 5 hours);


games on the mobile phone;


- early learning reading, writing, and music (especially in the study of musical notation).




Note




When to go to the ophthalmologist?




The ophthalmologist examines the child in the hospital, then in a children's clinic at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. Subsequently preventive examinations are required every year.




In young children, doctors not determine visual acuity and refraction of the eye. The simplest method - the shadow test: the doctor reflex of the eye fundus through skyscapes line defines the refractive power of the eye. This allows you to figure out the myopic eye, farsighted, or normal and even quite accurately determine the degree of astigmatism.





Be aware


Scientific studies have shown that when the eye sees the image is unclear, the person included triggers for further growth and stretching of the eye.




A newborn baby little eyes, and by nature he is farsighted. Blurred image received on the retina, and is the impetus for its further growth. Similar processes occur in adults: when there is no clear image on the retina, the brain "thinks" that the eyes have not grown in the body are highlighted in special substances that stimulate the further growth of the eyes.

Source:

Komsomolskaya Pravda Ukraine

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