According to statistics, every sixth student is diagnosed with a spasm of accommodation. Earlier, people with this disease suffered from severe illness of the central nervous system after 25 years, but today the situation has changed. This is due to the widespread prevalence of computers and the amount of time that modern people spend on them.
The accommodation spasm can be cured completely, however, if the necessary therapy is not performed on time, myopia develops. If a person already has myopia, then it is exacerbated.
Accommodation is the ability to see well objects located both close and far. Due to the fact that the eye focuses on the retina the rays reflected from them, regardless of distance, using the ciliary muscle.
Spasm of accommodation is a sustained long-term contraction of the muscle, which continues after viewing a closely located object. It occurs due to visual overwork. This disease develops, as a rule, in school and is the initial stage of true myopia.
Today, an accommodation spasm, the treatment of which is only conservative, is diagnosed by an ophthalmologist on the basis of a comprehensive examination. It is necessary to consult a doctor when the first signs appear. Children are recommended to be examined by a specialist once a year.
Spasm of accommodation symptoms:
- with visual stress, rapid fatigue occurs;
- visual acuity is reduced when looking into the distance;
- there was a desire to examine objects closer;
- visual acuity fluctuates;
- symptoms are intermittent.
When making a diagnosis of accommodation spasm, an ophthalmologist will definitely find out the mode of study or work, may recommend consultations with a neurologist, otolaryngologist and therapist. This is done in order to find out the cause of the disease, since its elimination is necessarily included in the treatment regimen.
In addition, classes are prescribed for training the ciliary muscle. They are held on the latest devices in the specialist’s office. But you need to do the exercises at home.
The doctor will definitely give recommendations regarding the visual load regimen. After 45 minutes of work (reading, sitting at the computer), you need to give your eyes a rest for 15 minutes, and look into the distance at this time. If a person already has myopia, then you need to be distracted every half hour.
Attention should be paid to working conditions. The workplace should be well lit, and the objects in question should be at a distance of more than 33 cm. For diseases associated with fever, the eyes of the children should not be strained, and adults are highly undesirable.
A balanced diet with an increased amount of carotene in dried apricots, persimmons, carrots, and vitamin C, which is found in currants, lemon, and blueberries, is very important. However, the doctor may prescribe a complex of special vitamins.
In the treatment and prevention of accommodation spasms, it is very important to improve the overall health of the body - summer holidays in the countryside or resorts, moderate exercise, especially swimming. Strenuous visual work must be alternated with being in the fresh air.
Ophthalmologists often prescribe drops that dilate the pupil to relieve spasm. They relax the ciliary muscle. After a course of drops, the spasm of accommodation passes. However, according to the observations of doctors, this effect is short-lived, and visual impairment, in the future, progresses. This is due to the fact that forced muscle relaxation weakens it, and does not train.
So, the spasm of accommodation is a disease that is completely treatable with timely access to an ophthalmologist. However, if you run it, then there is true myopia.