Abstract: studies have confirmed that the prevalence of visual impairment in China is much higher than the global average. On the one hand, with the rapid aging of ametropia, myopia has become a “national disease” affecting the quality of the contemporary and future population., In recent years, the incidence rate of myopia in China has been rising. It is conservatively estimated that by 2020, the population of myopia in China will be close to 711 million. With the rapid aging of ametropia, myopia has undoubtedly become a “national disease” affecting the quality of the contemporary and future population. Where will the future of the kingdom of myopia go?, The “glasses family” on campus ranks first in the world. Wen Wen, who is 4.5 years old this year, is studying in the first kindergarten in Chengxi District, Xining City, Qinghai Province. In the latest visual examination, he was found to have ametropia, with only 4.3 vision in his left eye and astigmatism in his right eye, which needs to be corrected with glasses. Zhou Ting, his mother, was so worried that she said, “such a young child needs glasses. What can I do in the future?”, There are not a few parents who have the same troubles as Zhou Ting. Of the 56 students in the Wen class, 11 were found to have ametropia, and the poor vision rate reached 19%. This data is more obvious among children after school. Taking the general survey data of eyesight of 25 junior middle schools affiliated to Xining Education Bureau in 2015 as an example, 35016 people were tested, and the poor eyesight rate was 62.26%, of which more than 90% were myopia., Li Haiqing, deputy chief ophthalmologist of Xining first people’s Hospital, said that every winter and summer vacation, the ophthalmology clinic of their hospital will usher in the peak of treatment. The therapists are mainly primary and secondary school students aged 10 to 15, with more than 100 people every day., Behind the crowded ophthalmology in the hospital, Chinese students are breaking a worrying record: the white paper “national visual health” released by the China Health Development Research Center of Peking University shows that the prevalence of myopia among high school students and college students in China exceeds 70% and increases year by year, and the prevalence of myopia among teenagers has ranked first in the world., Studies have confirmed that the prevalence of visual impairment in China is much higher than the global average. On the one hand, with the rapid aging of ametropia, myopia has become a “national disease” affecting the quality of the contemporary and future population. On the other hand, the early age of senile visual impairment, presbyopia and early cataract will become a heavy burden on the aging society., “In the past, there were not so many high-rise buildings. Children had a wide field of vision outside. Now children’s field of vision has narrowed. In addition, they are prone to myopia due to overuse of their eyes.” Li Haiqing said. In addition to genetic factors, more and more popular electronic products such as smart phones and tablets have become the main factors affecting teenagers’ vision. In addition, due to the heavy burden of schoolwork, less spare time and lack of outdoor activities, the myopia rate of teenagers in China is higher than that in Japan and South Korea., In recent years, the incidence rate of myopia in China has been increasing.
has become the “most devastating area” of the disease. It is conservatively estimated that by 2020, the population of myopia in China will be close to 711 million. With the rapid aging of ametropia, myopia has undoubtedly become a “national disease” affecting the quality of the contemporary and future population. Where will the future of the kingdom of myopia go?
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campus “glasses family” ranks first in the world.
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Wen Wen, who is 4.5 years old, is studying in the first kindergarten in Chengxi District, Xining City, Qinghai Province. During the latest vision examination, he was found to have ametropia, with a vision of only 4.3 in his left eye and astigmatism in his right eye, which needs to be corrected with glasses. The mother Zhou Ting was so worried: “so young children have to wear glasses. What can we do in the future?”
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are not a few parents who have the same troubles as Zhou Ting. Among the 56 students in the Wen class, 11 were found to have ametropia, and the poor vision rate reached 19%. This data is more obvious among children after school. Taking the 2015 general survey data of eyesight of 25 junior middle schools affiliated to Xining Education Bureau as an example, 35016 people were tested, and the poor eyesight rate was 62.26%, of which more than 90% were myopia.
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Li Haiqing, deputy chief ophthalmologist of Xining first people’s Hospital, introduced that every winter and summer vacation, the ophthalmology clinic of their hospital will usher in the peak of treatment. The therapists are mainly primary and secondary school students aged 10 to 15, with more than 100 people every day.
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behind the crowded ophthalmology in the hospital, Chinese students are breaking a worrying record: the white paper “national visual health” released by the China Health Development Research Center of Peking University shows that the prevalence of myopia among senior high school students and college students in China exceeds 70% and increases year by year, and the prevalence of juvenile myopia has ranked first in the world.
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studies have confirmed that the prevalence of visual impairment in China is much higher than the global average. On the one hand, with the rapid aging of ametropia, myopia has become a “national disease” affecting the quality of the contemporary and future population. On the other hand, the early age of senile visual impairment, presbyopia and early cataract will become a heavy burden on the aging society.
“in the past, there were not so many high-rise buildings, and children had a wide field of vision outside. Now children’s field of vision has narrowed, and they are prone to myopia due to overuse of their eyes.” Li Haiqing said. In addition to genetic factors, more and more popular electronic products such as smart phones and tablets have become the main factors affecting teenagers’ vision. In addition, due to the heavy burden of schoolwork, less spare time and lack of outdoor activities, the myopia rate of teenagers is higher than that of Japan and South Korea.
Li Haiqing said that many people believe that laser correction surgery can remove glasses, but laser myopia surgery has safety requirements for corneal cutting. “Forced surgery for myopia patients with thin cornea is likely to cause conical cornea, and in severe cases, it will also cause loss of vision and other consequences.”
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and “national disease” will cause “national worry”,
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. Liu Shou, associate professor of Clinical Medicine Department of Medical College of Qinghai University, introduced that juvenile myopia may form a vicious circle. After students wear glasses, their participation in competitive sports will decline, which may be accompanied by reduced physical quality and deepened myopia.
“from the perspective of medical psychology, some myopic patients will behave more conservatively under self psychological hint and form an introverted personality in the long run. Compared with the extroverted personality, this part of people’s body immunity will also be lower.” Liu Shou said that many people do not think myopia isSerious illness will not have much impact on personal daily life, but if the proportion of myopia in a country’s population is too high, the impact on many occupations and even national defense is self-evident.
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first of all, myopia is unable to perform military service, and “glasses soldiers” are unable to complete rescue, disaster relief, security and other tasks, nor can they meet the needs of high-intensity training and war. Secondly, many high-temperature, chemical and other production posts also have requirements for naked vision, and people with myopia or visual impairment cannot work. Thirdly, according to medical principles, the occurrence and harm of myopia are irreversible. High myopia is prone to various fundus lesions, resulting in serious permanent visual function damage. The heritability and familial aggregation of myopia will affect the future population quality of our country.
college entrance examination has just ended. For some short-sighted candidates, it means that the sentence “major can not be recorded” will be written on their physical examination form. According to China’s Guiding Opinions on enrollment and physical examination of ordinary colleges and universities, those whose naked eye vision is less than 5.0 can’t be enrolled in flight technology, navigation technology, fire engineering, criminal science and technology, reconnaissance, etc. Specialties include: marine ship driving and the same or similar majors as the above majors.
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experts believe that eyes are indispensable “capital” to realize the value of life. Myopia has become a “national disease”, which is obviously also a “national worry”. Many students have the dream of flying in the blue sky, but their eyesight does not reach 5.0. Flight technology and aerospace technology are majors that can not be filled in, and the dream of astronauts is out of reach; Children who love watching famous detective Conan may also have the dream of becoming a detective, but for the two majors of criminal science and technology and investigation, myopia is a stumbling block.
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students who need to wear glasses greater than 400 degrees can not study marine science, marine technology, measurement and control technology and instruments, such as biomedical engineering and fashion design engineering; There are more than 30 majors in which students who need to wear glasses greater than 800 degrees can not be admitted, including popular majors such as electronic information science, medicine, psychology, transportation, civil engineering and so on.
according to the white paper “national visual health”, in 2012, the social and economic cost caused by various visual defects was about 680 billion yuan, accounting for 1.3% of GDP in that year. Liu Shou said: “if the myopic population reaches 700 million by 2020, the labor force meeting the vision requirements may face a huge gap in aerospace, precision manufacturing, military and other industries, which will directly threaten China’s sustainable economic and social development and national security.”
multi pronged approach to “reduce pressure”
Li Haiqing believes that in order to “start small” to protect the eyes, we must first establish the “concept of vision health care”. At present, parents almost pay attention to the rigid indicators such as children’s height, weight, nutrition and learning, and often ignore the harm caused by visual diseases. In fact, myopia is a chronic disease. Early detection is helpful for better treatment. Therefore, she suggested that health, education and other departments could include adolescent visual health into basic public health projects and establish visual health files for primary and secondary school students. Xiao Li, associate researcher of
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Qinghai Academy of Social Sciences, believes that schools, families and society should form a joint force and take multiple measures to prevent myopia. It is suggested to follow some good practices abroad, such as Japanese parents forming an alliance spontaneously to jointly limit the time of children’s handheld games. In order to maintain children’s visual health, German schools will regularly organize “telescopic” activities. The French government stipulates that infants and young children must undergo physical examination on the 8th day, 9th month and 24th month after birth, and visual examination is a mandatory examination item. Xiao Li of
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also believes that refractive errors and other eye diseases have become one of the main threats affecting national health, but they are not perfect in terms of public education, preventive health care, medical service guarantee, or industry supervision related to optometry products. The visual health policy needs to be adjusted accordingly. The national level should systematically formulate public policies to prevent future crises.