There is no "artifact" for reversing myopia, early detection and intervention are the key
A set of data is worrying.
In 2020, the myopia rate of 6-year-old children in my country is 14.3%, that of elementary school students is 35.6%, that of junior high school students is 71.1%, and that of high school students is 80.5%.
In other words, 1 out of 7 dolls in the big kindergarten needs glasses on average.
At the regular press conference of the National Health Commission on July 13, Zainawudong Yushan, deputy director of the CDC of the National Health Commission, announced the latest data on the myopia rate of young people in my country.
He said that in 2020, the overall myopia rate of children and adolescents in my country is 52.7%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points from 2019 (50.2%).
As the summer vacation approaches, the "sacred beasts" that come out of the cage will be surrounded by electronic products.
To learn online classes, you need to watch the electronic screen, and you still need to watch the electronic screen for relaxing games. How can we avoid them having to wear glasses after a summer vacation, or the degree of power will deepen?
Delay myopia, many people don’t know this parameter
At birth, newborns have small eyeballs and short eye axis, and both eyes are in physiological hyperopia, which is called "hyperopia reserve".
"This parameter can predict whether children before the age of 6 are likely to have myopia." Shen Haiping, deputy director of the Department of Women and Children of the National Health Commission, said that if the reserve of hyperopia is sufficient, the incidence of myopia can be greatly reduced.
Li Li, director of the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Children's Medical Center and Beijing Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, reminds parents that when they take their children for eye health screening, they can find out whether the child has hyperopia reserve and the amount of hyperopia reserve.
Specifically, if a child has 175 to 200 degrees of hyperopia at the age of 3, 125 to 150 degrees of hyperopia at the age of 6, and 75 to 100 degrees of hyperopia at the age of 8, it can delay the time of myopia. Myopia may not even appear, and at the same time, the chance of high hyperopia is greatly reduced.
"At different stages, the focus of children's eye health screening is different." Li Li said that school-age children should retain more hyperopia reserves to reduce the occurrence of myopia.
"At present, the'artifact' that reverses myopia has not yet appeared."
"At present, the'artifact' that can reverse myopia has not yet appeared." Regarding the numerous myopia products and treatments on the market, Wang Ningli, chairman of the Public Health Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, said frankly that scientific development can one day reverse myopia eye.
Up to now, only three methods have been verified and confirmed internationally and scientifically to be effective for the prevention and control of myopia, and have been included in the "positive list" of myopia prevention.
Wang Ningli introduced that first, the orthokeratology lens has been proved to have a certain effect in preventing and controlling myopia and preventing the growth of the eye axis.
The second is low-concentration atropine. After two or three years of observation, it does have a certain delaying effect on the progression of myopia. The drug is currently being evaluated by the State Food and Drug Administration and has been used as an in-hospital preparation. It is recommended to use it under the guidance of a doctor .
Third, the soft peripheral corrective contact lenses and peripheral defocus corrective lenses that have recently been approved in the United States are effective.
"There are many new products born, but it is difficult to give conclusions and suggestions before scientific evaluation. We encourage innovation and development in this field, and we also hope that companies can integrate scientific research institutes to conduct scientific evaluations on products." Wang Ningli It is said that many myopia correction prevention and control equipment on the market can be judged by observing the approval number to determine whether it is an electronic product or a medical device. At present, most of them are products that relieve visual fatigue.
Although there is no "artifact" but there are 7 suitable technologies
"Traditional Chinese medicine also plays a certain role in the prevention and control of myopia. It has a certain effect on the prevention and control of myopia by making full use of suitable techniques such as ear pressing beans in Chinese medicine." The county has launched pilot suitable technologies for myopia prevention and control.
According to reports, the 7 appropriate technologies include building a visually friendly environment, increasing daytime outdoor activities, cultivating healthy eye behavior, screening for poor vision and myopia, establishing vision health files, standardizing visual health monitoring and evaluation, scientific diagnosis and treatment, and standardizing treatment.
Ma Jun especially reminds parents to set an example, watch less TV with children, reduce screen time, do not lie down and read books, go outdoors more, dynamically observe changes in children's vision, detect myopia tendencies or trends as early as possible, and take corresponding intervention measures.
Once it is found that the child's vision may be abnormal, it is necessary to go to a professional medical institution for examination, make a clear diagnosis, and take corrective measures in time according to the doctor's instructions.