Patient's question:
Vision: Right eye 0.6, Left eye 1.0. Started wearing glasses at 2.5 years old. Past treatment history and effectiveness: At that time, the right eye vision was 0.1 and the left eye was 0.8. What assistance is desired: Wants to get the eyes treated as soon as possible....Doctor's answer:
It is an eye disease caused by a comprehensive set of factors. Under the same living and exercise conditions, some children develop myopia, while others do not. During the trial of myopia, ophthalmologists have found that several factors are associated with the development of myopia, but the five most important factors are as follows:1. Children with insufficient sleep are prone to myopia
During the rapid growth phase of children, especially between the ages of 7-9 and 12-14, if children have increased sleep time or artificially reduced sleep time (due to excessive academic workload), some of them may develop myopia.
2. Children with low birth weight are prone to myopia
Infants with a birth weight below 2,500 grams are likely to develop myopia before puberty. This is mainly due to insufficient innate growth and development in these children, combined with adverse factors in later life that lead to excessive axial growth.
3. Premature infants are prone to myopia
Premature infants born two weeks or more early often develop myopia during childhood. The mechanism behind myopia in these children is the same as that in low birth weight infants.
4. Children of myopic parents are prone to myopia
The hereditary tendency of myopia increases with the degree of myopia. Generally, myopia below -3.00 degrees has little relation to heredity; myopia between -3.00 and -6.00 degrees is closely related to heredity; and myopia above -6.00 degrees is almost entirely hereditary.
5. Children who watch TV at close distances are prone to myopia
If children watch TV for less than 2 hours a day and the distance between their eyes and the TV is less than 3 meters, most of them will experience vision fatigue, and a small portion will develop myopia.
In daily life, people should pay attention to their children's vision. For children with a history of prematurity or low birth weight, special attention should be given to eye hygiene. These children should maintain sufficient sleep time, reduce TV watching time, and adjust the distance between their eyes and the TV screen. This can at least reduce the risk of myopia for some children, allowing them to grow up healthily.
Diet: Studies have shown that there is a significant relationship between myopia and diet. To prevent myopia, dietary adjustments must be paid attention to, otherwise the results will be minimal.
- Eating less sugar and foods high in carbohydrates or overcooked protein can increase the risk of myopia.
- Excessive sugar intake increases the body's chromium content.
- Consuming too much overcooked protein can disrupt calcium metabolism in the body, leading to calcium deficiency.
Chromium and calcium directly interfere with the body's regulation of intraocular pressure. If the body maintains normal levels of chromium and calcium, intraocular pressure will remain stable, which helps prevent myopia. Therefore, in daily meals, it is advisable to eat less sugar and overcooked protein while paying attention to the digestion of chromium and calcium.
Food rich in chromium: Beans, wheat, eggs, chicken, pork, and butter.
You can appropriately include chromium and calcium-rich foods in your daily diet to achieve the goal of preventing myopia through dietary adjustments.