How to prevent myopia?
Myopia is a common eye problem, especially in modern society, the prevalence of myopia is on the rise. However, through some simple methods, we can prevent the occurrence of myopia. The following will elaborate on how to prevent the occurrence of myopia from four aspects: eye exercises, keeping good eye habits, reasonable arrangement of myopia control drugs and regular inspection of eye health.
Importance of eye exercises
Eye exercises is a simple and easy way of eye care, which can help ease the tension of eye muscles and prevent myopia. Effective eye exercises include the following actions:
1. Eye movement: keep your head still, and rotate your eyes up, down, left, and right for 10 times in each direction.
2. Looking into the distance: Looking into the distance through a window or in natural light for 5-10 minutes can relieve eye fatigue.
3. Rub eyes: Rub eyes gently with both hands, close eyes and relax, which helps to improve blood circulation of eyes.
Doing eye exercises well can promote the blood circulation of the eyes, alleviate eye fatigue, improve the ability of the eyes to adapt to close work, and thus prevent the occurrence of myopia.
Good habit of using eyes
Keeping good eye habits is an important step to prevent myopia. Here are some ways to help maintain good eye habits:
1. Keep correct reading posture: keep the distance from the book at 30-40 cm, and keep it perpendicular to the reading materials visually.
2. Sight protection rest: every 60 minutes after continuous close eye use, take a visual rest, look at the green scenery or close your eyes for 10-15 minutes.
3. Reduce the time of using electronic products: Long time use of electronic products is likely to cause eye fatigue, so the use time should be properly reduced, and attention should be paid to maintaining a certain distance and a correct angle.
Keeping good eye habits will help reduce eye fatigue and reduce the risk of myopia.
Rational arrangement of medication for myopia control
For people who have been diagnosed with myopia, doctors usually recommend the use of myopia control drugs, such as low concentration atropine eye drops. The methods for reasonably arranging medication for myopia control include:
1. Strictly follow the doctor's prescription: use eye drops according to the doctor's recommendations, drip eyes according to the prescribed dose and frequency, and pay attention to the storage and use of eye drops.
2. Regular revisit inspection: regular revisit according to the doctor's requirements, and timely adjust the dosage and frequency of medication to achieve the best control effect.
3. Pay attention to drug side effects: during the use of eye drops, pay attention to observe whether there are side effects, such as dry eyes, blurred vision, etc., and report to the doctor in time.
Rational arrangement of medication for myopia control can effectively slow down the development of myopia.
Regularly check eye health
Regular eye health check is very important for early detection and prevention of myopia. It is recommended to have an eye examination at least once a year, including the following:
1. Vision examination: check the vision condition through the vision chart, and find out the decline of vision in time.
2. Fundus examination: Observe the internal structure of the eye through fundus examination to find potential eye diseases.
3. Optometry: check the refraction of the eye with a refractometer, and accurately measure the refractive state of the eye.
Regular inspection of eye health can detect and deal with eye problems as soon as possible, and prevent myopia.
Summary
We can prevent the occurrence of myopia through comprehensive measures such as eye exercises, keeping good eye habits, reasonably arranging medication for myopia control and regularly checking eye health. Eye exercises can help alleviate eye fatigue, maintain good eye habits can reduce the risk of vision loss, reasonably arrange myopia control medication can slow down the development of myopia, and regular inspection of eye health can detect and deal with eye problems as soon as possible. Through the comprehensive application of these measures, we can effectively prevent the occurrence of myopia and protect eye health.
