Xiaohua (pseudonym), a 4-year-old girl, had myopia of more than 800 degrees in both eyes last year, and her right eye had risen to more than 1,400 degrees this year. Recently, Pan Meihua, the leader and chief physician of the Department of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology of Xiamen Eye Center, reminded parents that high myopia is harmful, not only easy to protrude the eyeball and affect the appearance of the eye, but also the thinning of the eye wall, resulting in lesions in the structure of the eyeball, which may induce a variety of eye lesions if not effectively controlled in time.
Little Peanut is lively and cute, but she always likes to get close to things, and she always loves to squint, no matter how her parents guide her, she can't correct it. When she entered the park for a physical examination last year, Xiaohua was found to have abnormal vision. The anxious parents hurriedly took her to the local eye hospital for examination. The results showed that the binocular axes of the floret were significantly longer, and the comprehensive refraction showed that the myopia was as high as 825 degrees and had astigmatism. In order to get the exact degree of myopia, the hospital arranged dilated eye refraction for Xiaohua, but it could only be temporarily shelved because the child was still young and lacked cooperation. In half a year, the parents took Xiaohua to different hospitals, but they could not get the accuracy because the child could not cooperate with the dilated pupils. At the beginning of this year, Xiaohua received a comprehensive examination and symptomatic intervention at Xiamen Eye Center.
After careful examination and dilated eye refraction by Professor Pan Meihua, it was found that the left eye of Xiaohua was myopic of 875 degrees and astigmatism of 150 degrees, the right eye was myopic of 1450 degrees and astigmatism of 250 degrees, and the axes of the left and right eyes were 2621 mm, 2864 mm, and both eyes have obvious fundus changes, fundus retina is leopard-like changes, and the diagnosis of high myopia.
Xiaohua is only 4 years old, and her degree is so high, what should I do? Professor Pan Meihua said that the parents did not do genetic testing, and it is likely to be caused by congenital factors. The child is still in the stage of growth and development, and the degree of myopia may continue to increase, and if pathological myopia changes occur in the future, it may lead to further damage to vision. Patients with high myopia will cause atrophy of the choroid and retina due to the extension of the eye axis and the expansion of the eyeball, which will lead to atrophy of the choroid and retina, affecting the function of the retina, and may even be at risk of blindness.
Due to the rapid myopia progression of Xiaohua, after obtaining parental consent, Professor Poon Meihua performed posterior scleral reinforcement surgery for her to slow down the growth of the eye axis. Yesterday, during the re-examination, Professor Pan Meihua gave guidance on postoperative recovery and daily eye precautions, and repeatedly reminded parents to follow the doctor's instructions to take their children for re-examination and track the progress of vision prevention and control in time.
Doctor's Reminder].Eye health should be taken seriously until the child is 6 years old
Professor Poon Meihua reminded that children with high myopia are more likely to develop pathological myopia. Myopia greater than 600 degrees is high myopia, often accompanied by fundus complications, that is, pathological myopia, which is one of the main diseases leading to low vision and blindness. Parents should attach great importance to their children's eye health problems, such as finding that their children are myopia, they must be brought to a professional medical institution for examination as soon as possible, and follow the doctor's instructions to carry out scientific correction and other corresponding measures in a timely manner, and have regular re-examinations to avoid the development of high myopia.
High myopia is harmful, not only easy to cause the bulging of the eyeball, affecting the appearance of the eye, but also the thinning of the eyeball wall, resulting in the lesion of the eye structure. If it is not effectively controlled in time, it may induce a variety of eye lesions, such as retinal detachment, macular degeneration, macular hole, etc., and in severe cases, it can cause blindness. Before the age of 6 is the critical period for children's eye development, and children with high myopia should seize the opportunity to intervene as soon as possible and treat the symptoms**. In addition, patients with high myopia should have regular eye examinations every year in order to detect fundus lesions in time, and pay more attention to scientific eye use in daily life, avoiding excessive eye use, strenuous exercise, heavy lifting, etc.
Xiamen** reporter Liu Rong correspondent Xiao Wu).