Children with eye complaints Society calls for attention New Corona May 1: 12:17
While the school closure is prolonged due to the influence of the new coronavirus, it is reported that children use smartphones and tablet terminals for a long time and complain of eye disorders, summarizing emergency recommendations that the Japanese Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology calls attention It was.
This urgent recommendation was jointly compiled by three groups such as the Japan Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and the Japan Amblyopia Perspective Society made by ophthalmologists nationwide.
According to academic societies, the school was closed for a long period of time and the number of people using online learning was increasing, and voices such as "more time looking at a smartphone at home" or "feeling tired of eyes than usual" were heard from children and parents. It means that more than one doctor has sent me.
The recommendations call for children to look at their smartphones or tablets with a distance of at least 25 cm from their eyes, or to take their eyes off the screen every 30 minutes and rest for about 5 minutes.
In addition, as group examinations for 3-year-olds, etc., which are an opportunity to detect eye diseases in children early, have been discontinued or postponed, so if you have any worrisome symptoms, please consult an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. I am.
Sachiko Nishina, Director of the Japan Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology, who summarized the recommendations, said, “If you continue to look at a digital terminal at a short distance for a long time, you may have a squint or myopia. We would like you to set rules such as watching and take care of the health of children's eyes with the whole family. "