Jun Ming (M/10) came with broken glasses. He has worn his glasses for about 1.5 years with no complaint.
Upon examination, his new short-sighted power is -300 & astigmatism power of -100 for both eyes. His short-sighted power has increased 050 in both eyes and astigmatism power also increases 050 in both eyes. For children, we want to see power increment of no more than 050 in a year. Imagine if a child’s power increases by lets say 100/year.. by the time he finishes school, eye power can easily be 1000. For Jun Ming, the trend of power increment is seen here. Optometrist suggested to start on myopia control lenses in controlling his power.
Myopia control in terms of spectacles lenses is the first step embarking on myopia control journey. This is an ongoing journey for your child’s vision as he/she will spend the coming 15+ years picking up knowledge & life experiences by seeing, reading, exploring… all with his/her eyes along with other senses.
By monitoring your child’s vision every 6 month, we are able to detect the slightest change in your child’s vision, so we feedback & reinforce accordingly with your child.
For example, your child comes back at 6 months follow up, we find that his power has increased 025, then we know something is not right.. in which we must investigate by getting to know his reading habit, his visual demand.
So, 6months follow up also allows us to reinforce proper visual hygiene, making sure he continues to follow & understand on the required visual hygiene that he is responsible on now. Children are more than happy to take up responsibility during his growing up.
The things that we emphasise on your child’s vision are what we term SARANGHAE:
S : sit up to see phone/read
A : annual eye examination
R : regular breaks (20-20-20 rules)
A : adequate/enough lighting
N : NO eye rubbing
G : glasses – wear your glasses as advised
H : hygiene of eyes – all these proper visual hygiene
A : artificial tears eye drops (dry eyes/itchy/uncomfortable)
E : ergonomic of work desk & proper posture
All these proper visual hygiene will ensure our eyes are happy & healthy! Power progression is well-controlled and everyone is happy! Hoorayyyyy
TQ Cindy & Jun Ming for your trust & support! 🙂