How can teenagers prevent myopia?

1. Do more outdoor sports

If children play outdoors for one more hour a week, the risk of myopia will be reduced by 2. Ensuring that outdoor sports can effectively prevent myopia, so teenagers doing more outdoor sports can also effectively prevent myopia.

2. Control the duration of use of electronic devices

To prevent myopia, it is necessary to control the single use time and total duration of sitting at the desk or using electronic devices. Children should take a break and look into the distance after writing at their desks for 20 to 30 minutes at a time, and they should also take a break after staring at the computer for 20 minutes.

3. Reasonable diet

Children who are picky eaters and partial eclipses are not conducive to protecting their eyesight. The daily meal structure must be reasonable, and the food intake must be a combination of meat and vegetables and have balanced nutrition.

Extended information:

Dangers of myopia

1. Posterior scleral staphyloma: Mainly manifested as backward expansion of the posterior pole of the eyeball, optic nerve and retina around the macula Degeneration and atrophy, decreased corrected vision. The higher the degree of myopia, the higher the incidence of posterior scleral staphyloma.

2. Retinal atrophic degeneration, hemorrhage and holes: Due to factors such as axial lengthening, posterior scleral staphyloma and other factors, patients with high myopia are prone to retinal degeneration and holes, causing hemorrhage and retinal detachment, leading to blindness.

3. Subretinal neovascularization: Subretinal neovascularization occurs in the posterior pole, causing bleeding and affecting vision.

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