June 6 marks the 24th National Eye Care Day, and this year's theme is "Jointly care for children's eye health, so that they have a bright future." According to statistics, there are about 600 million myopia patients in China at this stage, and "small glasses" are appearing more and more on campus. However, many teenagers and even parents who have been wearing eyeglass online do not know how to wear them scientifically, so the reporter sorted out some "misunderstandings".

With current medical technology, myopia cannot be cured. "Many people think that a single fitting and wearing glasses will solve the problem of vision, but this is not the case, the refractive state of the eye can change." Wu Qiang, director of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, said that because people do not pay enough attention to self-vision protection and daily eye use is unscientific, the possibility of pathological fundus changes in high myopia will be greatly increased in the future, which may cause a variety of complications.

Mistake 1: Wear a pair of glasses for life

Glasses also have an expiration date. It is understood that many myopia patients will wear the same pair of glasses for a long time after buying and wearing glasses, and some people even wear them for many years. "In fact, glasses in our daily use process, after long-term wear will appear different degrees of wear and aging." "Wearing aging glasses for a long time may sometimes cause damage to the wearer's vision due to distortion of the glasses," said Zhou Xingtao, chief physician at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai.

Mistake 2: Choose frames before lenses

When consumers walk into an eyewear store, they will involuntarily enter the "frame selection mode" when facing the dazzling frames displayed in the showcase. However, from a functional point of view, the correct order of glasses should be to select the lens first and then the frame. According to Zeng Zhe, vice president of Mingyue lenses, because everyone's vision is different, the suitable lens will be different, "After all, the real function of correcting vision is the lens, so choose the right lens and then choose the corresponding frame for the wearer is more favorable."

Mistake 3: Self-change the prescription

"Myopia 300 degrees, with 250 degrees of glasses is not enough?" Like Ms. Xu, who is ready to buy glasses, many glasses consumers also have the same questions. It is understood that many consumers always adjust the prescription of glasses for various reasons, especially some parents always worry that the prescription of the prescription will lead to deterioration of vision when buying glasses for their children and adjust the prescription at will.

Professionals say this is a myth. "Some optician patients with myopia or farsightedness are also accompanied by slight strabismus. If the prescription of the glasses is reduced without the doctor's consent, it will not be effective in correcting the patient's vision, and may worsen the condition." Zhou Xingtao stressed that minors with developing eyeballs should follow the doctor's advice and not change the prescription at will.

Mistake four: Do not review after the glasses

Many people think that the vision problem can be solved after wearing glasses, and they relax their attention to their eyes. According to Mingyue lens marketing director Liao Peng, glasses are semi-customized products, so it is inevitable that there are differences with the actual situation of the wearer, and the reasons for feeling uncomfortable after wearing glasses include the lens itself, assembly, frame, degree change is too large, and optometry is overcorrected. "If wearers still feel uncomfortable wearing glasses for a long time, they should adjust in time to let the glasses serve us, and don't let their eyes adapt to inappropriate glasses."

In Wu Qiang's view, whether patients with myopia or patients with other vision problems should go to the hospital for review a few months after wearing glasses to understand whether the glasses they wear have met their vision needs, "Through review, you can more accurately understand the situation of your eyes and whether the glasses you wear are appropriate."

"Not only should we not relax our attention and protection of the eyes when we wear glasses, but we should pay more attention to the care of our eyesight." Zhou Xingtao said that only when people are truly aware of the importance of eye protection can they develop a good habit of eye protection.

According to the "Notice on Further standardizing the Correction of Myopia in Children and Adolescents and Strengthening Supervision" issued by multiple departments of the state, children and adolescents can prevent, control and slow down myopia through scientific eye use, increasing outdoor activity time, and reducing long-term close eye use. Once parents find that children and adolescents have abnormal vision, they should promptly take them to an eye medical institution for examination, and follow the medical advice for scientific correction.

Institutions or individuals engaged in myopia correction for children and adolescents must strictly practice and operate according to law, and may not use expressions such as "rehabilitation", "recovery", "reduction of degree", "myopia cure", "myopia cure" to mislead myopic children and adolescents and parents in carrying out myopia correction publicity.