5 parents' mistakes, because of which the child is spoiled vision

Check if you allow these errors.

To get involved in the early development

Fashion on the early development of a child is often detrimental to his health. Neither nervous nor the visual system, which is shaping up to 3-4 years, are not ready to premature excessive loads. Thus, early started with the child classes in painting, reading, spelling may lead to the development of eye diseases.

Not to make breaks at homework

"Do not get up from the table until you do the lessons!" - many of us said so parents in childhood. We finished school, grew up and now say the same for their children. And everything seems to be correct: accustom them to hard work, discipline... and at the same time spoiling their eyesight.

Few people realize that myopia is not developing at school and at home for the performing homework. At school, every 40 minutes there are changes, and look at the lessons that switches on the board, then the notebook, ie ciliary muscles that focus the eye at different distances.

At home, the child is sitting at the books and an hour or two, and if interrupted, then a smartphone. The result - a sister near continuous load. And if a child is not working at the table, on the bed or on the floor, the visual system is strained even more, because the distance between the eye and the object is constantly changing.

Therefore, it is important to follow their parents to the child at runtime back home to take breaks every hour. And best of these breaks to distract him from the smartphone - for example, ask them to help wash the dishes or setting the table, offer to have dinner together. Let his eyes rest.

Assume that the reception at the ophthalmologist is not necessary if the eye "everything is fine"

Many parents characterized by overprotection, and at the slightest complaint, they are ready ridden child to the doctors. But the deterioration of the child usually does not complain. After all, if the vision falls over one eye and the other continues to work with the same sharpness, the child will see as before and will not notice the changes.

Especially by their appearance does not draw conclusions about diseases such as astigmatism, amblyopia, anisometropia - it can only see an ophthalmologist. Therefore, I strongly recommend that undergo preventive examinations by an ophthalmologist annually, even if it seems to you that everything is fine.

For preschoolers your visit an ophthalmologist mode: 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years. If any deviation is found, then the next reception is possible to come in 6 years.

Why so often to go to the ophthalmologist? The fact that the majority of ocular pathologies are inherited, even short-sightedness. For example, according to statistics, if one of the parents is reduced vision, then a 50% chance it will be reduced and the child. And if both parents are nearsighted, there is a chance of 80% that the child will develop nearsightedness. It is better to be on the lookout and its time to "catch". Competent ophthalmologist must not only diagnose "myopia", but also to stabilize it, to stop the deterioration of vision.

Rely on dietary supplements and exercises for the eyes

Supplements blueberry tablets with lutein, carrot, points in the hole, gymnastics for the eyes - all this useless remedies that have no effect on the visual system.

For example, ocular pathology child inherited. As, for example, is inherited and diabetes. But people do not treat diabetes Badami and gymnastics. So why do your eyes, our main organ of perception of the world, should have to suffer from the quack methods of "treatment"?

If your child is faced with myopia, it is necessary to accurately understand the sequence of actions. First you together with your doctor myopia must be stopped, and then try to correct it. Modern ophthalmology can do with the hardware, medical treatment and laser vision correction.

Assume that spoil vision goggles

Parents tend to believe the myths, and we at the reception is very often necessary to debunk these myths. One of these misconceptions come more from the Soviet era: that glasses are harmful to the eyes, and if you put on them once, you do not you take off. Eyes "lazy", the vision will continue to fall, glass glasses are becoming thicker - so glasses banned, even if a doctor has prescribed them.

However, in the case of children wear sunglasses not only to see better. This method of treatment, vision correction. And it is important to understand that if you observed at the competent expert, the points you assign temporarily. As soon will be able to stabilize the short-sightedness and get rid of comorbidities, if they are, then we can discuss options for getting rid of the glasses. If myopia stopped and does not grow for three years, the recommended laser correction of vision.

conclusion

Finally - the signs by which we can understand that a child's eyesight deteriorates.

• I changed for the worse the basis of handwriting - has become bigger, "clumsy".
• The child leans too far to the notebook.
• While watching TV, the child is not sitting on the sofa, and comes close to the screen, squinting.

If parents will take up work on its mistakes and give up destructive stereotypes, it is possible that very soon we will fix an epidemic of myopia reduction.

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