First glasses: what precautions for the sight of children?
In the sun, watch your eyes
As soon as the sun's rays point the tip of their noses, the glasses Solar are recommended for everyone, even babies. This is indeed to protect the eyes from ultraviolet rays. Before the age of 12, children are more vulnerable because their crystalline lens filters much less harmful rays.
Do not relax your vigilance when the weather is overcast. The brightness can be intense in summer, despite the clouds, which do not constitute a screen against ultraviolet rays. The National Association for the Improvement of Vision (ASNAV) warns against the effects of reverberation, especially in the mountains in winter. While sand reflects 20% of UV, snow reflects 85%.
We must equip the toddlers with "real" glasses, check that they bear the CE mark and the indication of the protection category.
And computers?
We often associate screens and visual fatigue, headache even eye disorders. Does this worry need to be? Certainly, it happens that we feel the need to consult an ophthalmologist following a significant use of the computer. But "this one does not put in danger the sight, explains Solange Milazzo, Head of the Ophthalmology Department of the University Hospital of Amiens. It unmasks pre-existing visual defects, but does not create them. " These disorders, which had gone unnoticed, are then declared. We can limit the exposure to the screens of the youngest, but there are other reasons that are at stake!
Please consult the ASNAV website: //www.asnav.org
