Destroying children's eyesight is not cell phones or electronic products

Protecting your eyes is a matter of urgency, yet many behaviors that harm your eyes are commonplace.

What exactly is "stealing" your eyesight?

Using your eyes for too long

A long time of eye use will cause damage to the eyes, especially long time playing electronic products, because the short-wave blue light emitted from electronic products will lead to atrophy or even death of the retinal pigment epithelium, which can easily lead to vision loss, especially long time to look at the electronic screen, will lead to short-wave blue light on the eyes to cause more damage.

Distance too close

Most modern people spend a long time indoors in close eye work, which is also one of the causes of vision loss, especially children and adolescents are more likely to play close to their phones or tablets, resulting in the eye muscles have been in a contracted state, which can not get effective relaxation and relief, easy on the eye vision irreparable damage.

The environment is too poor

Nowadays, the popularity of electronic products is very wide, and many people are keen to use electronic devices, which also have a certain impact on vision. In addition, light pollution, air pollution, indoor lighting environment, etc. can all have an impact on eye health.

Eating too many sweets

Eating too many sweets can also promote the occurrence and development of myopia because eating too many sweets will not only affect the body's absorption of calcium but also easily lead to insufficient intake of vitamin B1, which is the nutrition required by the optic nerve, once the lack of it will easily lead to vision loss.

The 5 abnormalities in the eyes may be the fault of the disease

The eyes are not only the windows to our hearts, but they can also reflect the condition of the body to a certain extent. If the following changes occur in the eyes, be alert to the possibility of disease.

Protruding eyeballs

If you notice a protruding eye, you need to be alert to thyroid disease. Because local inflammation related to the thyroid gland can cause the outer muscles of the eye to become enlarged, increasing the volume of fat in the orbit, the eye is forced to protrude outward.

Yellowing of the whites of the eyes

The yellowing of the whites of the eyes mostly occurs in people with liver diseases, such as cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis, because the decrease in liver function causes abnormalities in the metabolism of bilirubin in the body, and the bilirubin cannot be excreted from the body in time, so it accumulates in the body and the symptoms of yellowing appear.

Red eyes

The redness in the eyes is not necessarily due to lack of rest, but may also be caused by disease. Examples are acute angle-closure glaucoma; chronic conjunctivitis, acute conjunctivitis, subconjunctival hemorrhage, etc. One of the typical symptoms of dry eyes is red eyes.

Dry and itchy eyes

Dry eye is a general term for a variety of diseases caused by any cause of tear abnormalities that reduce the stability of the tear film and are usually accompanied by ocular surface tissue lesions and eye discomfort. Dry eye, a common eye disease, accounts for 10% of all eye diseases.

During the dry season, the evaporation of water from the eye surface is accelerated, which can easily lead to a high incidence of dry eye. In addition, the elderly, people who need to spend long hours on cell phones and computers, and people who work in dry environments such as smoky, windy, air-conditioned rooms are among the high incidence of dry eye.

Blurred vision

Blurred vision may be caused by migraines or diabetes, for example, patients with migraines may suffer from blurred vision while being very sensitive to light.

And diabetes also increases the risk of diabetic retinopathy because high blood sugar can damage the microvasculature in the retina, leading to blurred vision due to swelling of the retina.

Adhere to 4 things to have a clear vision and keep eye diseases away from you

Develop good eye habits

You should not use your eyes for too long, control the time you use your eyes, especially the time you use your eyes continuously, learn to use your eyes scientifically, especially when using electronic products, and pay more attention to changing the bad eye habits and avoid using your eyes for a long time at close range.

When reading or writing, you should keep a distance of 30-40 cm between your eyes and the book, sit in a proper posture, and look far away from the outdoors for 10 minutes when your eye time reaches about 40 minutes.

Ensure outdoor activities

Outdoor light has an important impact on the refractive system of the eyes, and it is important to insist on outdoor activities to protect eyesight. Some experts mentioned that 2 hours of outdoor activities per day and more than 10 hours per week can reduce the myopia rate of teenagers by at least 10%.

Meanwhile, in our "Guidelines for Appropriate Technology for Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents", it is also proposed that at least two hours of daily activity in the bright light of the outdoors during the day, as well as more than one hour of exercise, should be guaranteed.

Regular eye examinations

Parents should start paying attention to their children's vision development from the age of 3, do a good job of myopia prevention and control, and take their children to 2 vision exams every year.

The middle-aged and elderly population should usually pay attention to scientific eye use in addition to regular observation of the fundus to detect and prevent fundus diseases promptly.

Healthy behavioral habits and lifestyles

A balanced and reasonable diet structure with proper intake of milk, vegetables, and fruits; don't stay up late, and ensure enough sleep time can help relax the eye muscles and relieve visual fatigue.

The importance of the eyes goes without saying, we should learn to protect our eyesight and not let ourselves lose the freedom to use our eyes.