Let us share with you 8 behaviour tips to gain back control. No more letting myopia goes wildly and increases like nobody else’s business. With myopia control lenses in place, myopia will well behave even more.

1⃣ Support outdoor activities
Studies show that those who are active outdoors have a lower risk and lower progression of myopia. A minimum of 2-3 hours a day spent outdoors is recommended.

2⃣ Remember UV protection
Wear a cap or wear good sunglasses to protect your eyes from UV light during outdoor activities.

3⃣ Keep digital devices at a distance
Proper distance from digital devices and upright body posture are good for the back and children’s eyes.

4⃣ Ensure your child takes breaks
If you have kids at home, during near visual tasks, such as reading and using a computer, it is important to remind your kids to take a break. Follow the “20-20-20” rule. Every 20 minutes, look at an object at least 20 feet away for 20 seconds

5⃣ A healthy diet
Take note of your diet. Take more Lutein, Zeaxanthin rich foods such as spinach, cabbage, mustard, pumpkin, peas, broccoli, corn, bell peppers and etc. Omega-3 rich foods such as salmon, tuna, mackerel etc. should be taken too

6⃣ Let them get enough sleep
Sleep is important for the body and eyes. Insufficient sleep can cause excessive fatigue and stress in vision.

7⃣ Turn on the light
From reading to learning to playing, always make sure there is good and sufficient light. Turn on the lights whenever there is a need. When using digital devices, the screen brightness should not be brighter than the surrounding environment.

8⃣ Comprehensive eye examination
Eye examination and physical examination are equally important. Just like our body, our eyes also need to be examined and checked regularly. Recommend getting a thorough eye examination at least once a year. From the eye examination, it can let you know whether myopia has worsened or you have developed chronic eye diseases, such as cataracts, glaucoma, retinal detachment, etc.

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Our vision is an important part for learning and study (almost 80% of learning is from our vision apparatus), therefore taking care of our vision is our priority.

Most of the time in the vision development, a child is too busy with reading and tracking small detail. We forget that the more we adapt to a specific close distance, it can cause problem especially short sightedness. It is not necessary  reading thru a smart phone but also other close work activities such as school work, comic and etc. Beside limited living space and too focus on indoor activities,restrict our eye ablity to look far.

Therefore, we highly recommend children to have more outdoor activities as to widen the horizon of seeing.

Vision is not limited on focusing thru our natural lenses but also a team work between both eye. If one eye want to look left and the other eye want to look right, it will cause a lot of problem.  An irregular coordination of the eye such as squint might cause muscle fatigue, double vision and etc. Therefore we emphasize not only testing the power of the eye but also the coordination between both eye.

In many times, eye protection can be as simple as wearing a protective glasses For instance while playing badminton or squash, these games have a high impact to the eye, as the size of the shuttlecock and ball can fit into our orbit. They are numerous case which patient end up in casualty after a simple game like this.

Other eye protection such as 100% UV protection is important also especially tropical country like us. As UV exposure and blue light from monitor cause harmful ray to the eye. I highly recommend those who wear glasses to incorporate UV coat and blue filter.

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