In commemoration of Sight Saving Month, the GMA Kapuso Foundation gave free eye checkups to 98 college students at Sampaloc Elementary School in Sampaloc, Quezon.
According to a report on “24 Oras,” Wednesday, eye specialists have been noticing a rise in kids’s blurred imaginative and prescient.
This contains the imaginative and prescient of seven-year-old Margoux, who spent the vast majority of her lockdown days taking a look at her devices.
“Napansin po ni teacher na biglang bagal po pala ng sulat niya. Kaya ganun ko po siyang pina-check sa eye center. Doon ko na-trace na mataas ‘yung astigmatism niya tsaka ‘yung grado niya sa mata,” Margoux’s mom, Faye Canlas, stated.
“Dahil sa sobrang paggamit ng gadgets marami kaming nakitang mga bata na medyo lumala ang kanilang paningin, ‘yung may mga iba na nagko-complain na laging masakit ang ulo, ‘yung iba naman laging pumipikit at kumukurap ‘yung mga mata, ‘yung pinakamahirap doon eh ‘yung pagtaas ng grado,” Dr. Ronald Antonio Reyna stated.
According to the Philippine Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, overusing devices typically leads to digital eye pressure.
“May muscles sa mata ‘yan eh napapagod rin ‘yan. Minsan sumasakit ang ulo, ang mga mata ng mga bata,” he added.
Through its 20/20 Eye Project and in collaboration with Vision Express, the GMA Kapuso Foundation organized a watch examination for the scholars.
“Nacheck po natin is almost 98 students, ranges po niya is to five to 14 years old. So ‘yung kabuuan po na nakita natin na may grado po o may diperensya po sa mata or sa vision po nila, 40 out of 98 students po,” Dr. Elizha Padua stated.
“So they are in school so pagka-nagbabasa po, doing their homework, ‘pag sa bahay, ‘yung insufficient na light, ‘yun po nakaka-cause din siya ng ‘yung grado ng sa mata po natin,” Dr. Charisse Alyssa M. Pillado stated.
For those that have an interest to assist, the GMA Kapuso Foundation is accepting donations via financial institution deposits, Cebuana Lhuillier, GCash, Shopee, PayMaya, Zalora, MegaMart, Globe Rewards, Metrobank bank card, and Lazada.
For extra info, go to the GMA Kapuso Foundation web site.
—Carby Basina/MGP, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
