As a parent, it's important to know how to monitor your child's eye health. Early detection of eye problems and timely action are key to protecting your child's vision. Let's take a look at how to monitor children's eye health in their daily lives and the early warning signs to look out for.
Observing your child's behavioural response is an important form of monitoring. If your child rubs his or her eyes frequently, squints, has red, swollen eyes, watery eyes, or has a headache, this may be a sign of eye discomfort. In addition, frequent blinking of the child's eyes, unsteady eye movement, and uncoordinated eyes while reading, watching TV, or playing with electronic devices are also signs that need attention.
Pay attention to your child's near eye use. If children are reading, writing, or using electronic devices, they are Xi putting books or screens too close to their eyes, or often look down at their phones, which can lead to excessive strain on their eyes and need to be paid attention to by parents.
Regular monitoring of your child's vision performance is also key to eye health monitoring. If your child can't see clearly from a distance, squints a lot, or asks questions frequently to "see clearly," this may be a sign of vision problems. Your child's proximity to close objects or books, or the need to adjust their reading distance frequently are also signs to be aware of.
Asymmetrical eye color, abnormal pupil size, abnormal protruding or sunken eye findings, and even a feeling of a foreign body or eye pain may be signs of an underlying eye problem that requires prompt medical attention.
Observing your child's eye coordination is also one of the ways to monitor eye health. If your child shows poor eye coordination during sports or other activities, such as uncoordinated eyes when chasing objects, inability to follow objects accurately, etc., this may be a sign that requires further examination by a pediatric ophthalmologist.
Regular eye health check-ups are just as important for parents. If your child has a family history of eye problems, you should pay more attention to the health of your child's eyes. Taking your child to an ophthalmologist for a check-up can help identify potential eye problems and intervene early.
Observing children's behavioral responses, paying attention to near eye use, regularly observing visual performance, and paying attention to eye health and eye coordination are all important ways to monitor children's eye health. Through these methods, parents can pay more attention to their children's eye health, detect and treat eye problems in a timely manner, and ensure that their children have a clear and bright vision!
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