Ubushakashatsi buherutse gukorwa bwerekana ko ubuzima bw'amaso bw'abana n'iyerekwa akenshi birengagizwa n'ababyeyi. Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe ku bushakashatsi bwakozwe n'ababyeyi 1019, bugaragaza ko umwe mu babyeyi batandatu atigeze azana abana babo kwa muganga w'amaso, mu gihe ababyeyi benshi (81.1 ku ijana) bazanye umwana wabo kwa muganga w'amenyo mu mwaka ushize. Icyerekezo rusange cyo kureba ni myopia, nkuko iyi sosiyete ibitangaza, kandi hari uburyo bwinshi bwo kuvura bushobora kudindiza myopiya mu bana, ingimbi n'abangavu.
Nk’ubushakashatsi, 80 ku ijana byimyigire yose ibaho binyuze mubyerekezo. Nyamara, ibisubizo bivuye muri ubu bushakashatsi bushya byerekana ko abana bagera ku 12.000 mu ntara (3,1 ku ijana) bagabanutse ku mikorere y’ishuri mbere yuko ababyeyi bamenya ko hari ikibazo kiboneka.
Abana ntibazinubira niba amaso yabo adahuye neza cyangwa niba bafite ikibazo cyo kubona ikibaho kwishuri. Bimwe muribi bihe birashobora kuvurwa hakoreshejwe imyitozo cyangwa lensite y'amaso, ariko ntibivurwa iyo bitamenyekanye. Ababyeyi benshi barashobora kungukirwa no kwiga byinshi byukuntu kwita kumaso birinda bishobora gufasha gukomeza gutsinda kwabana babo.
Kimwe cya gatatu cy’ababyeyi bagize uruhare mu bushakashatsi bushya, bagaragaje ko abana babo bakeneye linzira ikosora byagaragaye mu gihe basuye umuganga w’amaso. Kugeza mu 2050, byagereranijwe ko kimwe cya kabiri cyabatuye isi bazaba myopic, naho ibindi bijyanye na 10% myopic. Mugihe indwara ya myopiya mubana yiyongera, ibizamini byamaso byuzuye na optometriste bigomba kuba umwanya wambere kubabyeyi.
Ubushakashatsi bwerekanye ko hafi kimwe cya kabiri (44,7 ku ijana) by’abana bahanganye n’icyerekezo cyabo mbere yuko bakenera lensisiti ikosora, ikizamini cyamaso hamwe na optometriste gishobora kugira uruhare runini mubuzima bwumwana.
Umwana muto aba myopic, niko ibintu byihuta gutera imbere. Nubwo myopiya ishobora gutera kutabona neza, inkuru nziza nuko hamwe nibizamini byamaso bisanzwe, guhera akiri muto, birashobora gufatwa hakiri kare, bigakemurwa kandi bigacungwa.
Kubindi bisobanuro, nyamuneka ntutindiganye gusura urubuga rwacu hepfo,