Fundamental and symptomatic causes of myopia in children and adolescents: optimization and improvement of a comprehensive system
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2024353
- VernacularTitle:儿童青少年近视防控标本兼治体系的优化改进
- Author:
WANG Zhiyong, XU Jun, JIANG Junshu, GUO Lipeng, ZHANG Lijun, ZHANG Mei, MENG Jun, HE Zuoli, ZHANG Fuyong, SUN Ke, LI Rui, LIU Yang, ZHOU Dezhuang
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Author Information
1. Dalian Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dalian (116035) , Liaoning Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Myopia;
Preventive health services;
Health promotion;
Child;
Adolescent
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2024;45(12):1677-1680
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Abstract:Prevention and control of myopia requires comprehensive measures. Based on the system established earlier, the system is revised and upgraded. The original system emphasizes comprehensive measures and proposes to focus on both the symptoms and root causes. These measures are summarized into six aspects, three address the root cause measures including health education, glasses optics and visual environment, and three address symptoms measures including eye exercises, physical therapy and drugs. The paper is comprehensively supplemented and analyzes the primary and the secondary, and promotes physical therapy from treating the symptoms to treat both the symptoms and the root causes. These improvement measures will help promote the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents.
