Causes and solutions of astigmatism in children
Generally, physiological astigmatism is early before the age of six, if it does not affect the normal visual development of children, that is to say, the degree is relatively small, generally within 100 degrees, you can not consider treatment, and you can observe it for the time being.
In general, if the astigmatism is relatively high, generally more than 100 degrees, and at the same time affects the normal vision development, and the vision development is relatively low in the same age, refractive correction should be considered in this case. Astigmatism in children: It is mainly caused by the different degrees of refraction of the various meridians of the eyeball. In general, astigmatism in children is divided into congenital causes and acquired causes.
Myopia and astigmatism in children's eyes
If the child has myopia and astigmatism in his eyes, first of all, parents should not worry, I suggest that we should take the child to a regular eye clinic for a comprehensive and systematic examination. Generally speaking, if the child has myopia astigmatism, first of all, I suggest that we should perform a comprehensive refraction of the dilated pupils, only the refraction value and the power of refraction obtained after the dilation of the pupils are the most accurate, usually we have to carry out accurate fitting according to this result. If the patient has myopia astigmatism, in addition to dilated refraction, I personally recommend that the eye axis measurement can be done according to the child's condition. Clinically, the main treatment for myopia and astigmatism in children's eyes is to wear glasses.
What to do with astigmatism in children
What is astigmatism, the so-called astigmatism is the eyeball, the refractive power on different meridians is different, and the external object will not form a clear focus on the retina after refraction, but form two focal lines and the smallest diffusion circle such a refractive state. Astigmatism is usually produced by the cornea or lens, and its main clinical manifestation is that it may cause blurred vision and fatigue of vision. What should I do if my child has astigmatism? Just like people have physiological farsightedness, there may also be physiological astigmatism, that is, after the baby is born, his eye development is not perfect, generally speaking, there may be some mild astigmatism, most of which are below 1.5D or 150 degrees, if this situation does not affect vision, does not cause amblyopia generally does not need to be treated.If the child has obvious astigmatism, or irregular astigmatism, it may cause poor vision and form amblyopia, in which case it should be actively dealt with. Most children can wear astigmatic glasses, which are what we call cylindrical lenses or spherical cylindrical lenses; There are also some children who can not accept wearing glasses or have poor vision correction, they can consider wearing contact lenses; Because laser surgery is generally not suitable for children, you can consider having laser surgery when you grow up.