More Malaysian children wearing glasses
MALAYSIA – Kosmo Ahad reported that close to a million children below 12 years wear glasses in Malaysia because they spend too much time on electronic gadgets such as tablets, handphones and video games.
According to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s faculty of science contact lens specialist Prof Dr Haliza Abdul Mutalib, there has been a rise in the number of young children wearing glasses and her youngest patient is a three-year-old.
“On average, three out of 10 patients have vision problems caused by long usage of electronic gadgets,” Prof Dr Haliza said when commenting on the rising number of young children using glasses over the past three years.
Optimax Eye Specialist Centre’s consultant Dr Nor Zurainura Zainal said children who use electronic gadgets at a close distance frequently had dry and tired eyes.
She recommended that such individuals should give their eyes a rest every 20 minutes.
“They could look away at a far off object or scenery for at least 20 seconds,” she suggested.
Source: Asia One
Published: 06 Oct 2014
Category: Features, Health alert
