Do children with astigmatism have to wear glasses?

Astigmatism in children is a type of refractive error that is thought to be caused by irregular corneal morphological development. The prevailing view is that there is no cure for astigmatism in children or to reduce the severity of astigmatism. Any claim that there is a cure is not based on science, and it is advisable not to believe it blindly. For the correction of astigmatism is the same as myopia and farsightedness, there are mainly the following three methods: first, wearing glasses, which is the most classic and the most widely used method. Second, contact lenses, including soft contact lenses and rigid contact lenses.Third, after the age of 18, if the refractive status reaches stability, refractive surgery can be considered.

How to treat astigmatism in children

Children with astigmatism less than 125 degrees can not cause symptoms, higher degrees may cause visual impairment, poor near and far vision, visual fatigue, tilted head vision, squinting vision and other symptoms, congenital astigmatism may also cause amblyopia, that is, poor development of visual function. Patients with low astigmatism and asymptomatic can not be treated, those with high astigmatism should wear column lenses to correct it, and amblyopia patients must often wear glasses, cover or amblyopia training treatment if necessary. Astigmatism is mainly due to the different refractive power of each diameter of the cornea or lens, and parallel rays enter the eye and cannot form a focal point on the retina, but form a refractive state of two focal lines before and after.

Can astigmatism and myopia be cured in children?

If the child has some myopic astigmatism and the degree is very low, it will not affect the vision and cause amblyopia. If the astigmatism is already relatively high, for example, it has exceeded 100 degrees, in general, you must go to the hospital for a detailed dilated eye refraction examination and wear appropriate glasses.Astigmatism is a relatively common refractive error, simply put, the external parallel rays can not be clearly imaged on the retina after being refracted by the refractive system of the eyeball, but form a blurred focal line, this refractive state is called astigmatism. Older children, if the astigmatism is not too high, can also be considered to wear contact lenses or orthokeratology lenses to correct it.