Pediatric
Paediatric ophthalmology, or paediatric eye care, is a sub-discipline of ophthalmology that focuses on diagnosing and treating children’s eye conditions. Children’s vision abnormalities have been linked to a higher prevalence of ADHD and academic difficulties, according to research.
PAEDIATRIC
What is Paediatric?
In the first two years of a child’s life, the whole body is in the growing stage. The eyes develop rapidly during these growth years. It is quite important to take good care of your eye during these years. Similarly is also quite essential to carry out pediatric eye care screenings for any vision problems. The pediatric ophthalmologists can treat the eye problems at an early stage before they get worse. There are better chances of correction at an early age of the detected eye problems. Our pediatric ophthalmologists carry out a complete pediatric eye care exams for newborns till the children up to 12 years of age.
Pediatric Eye Symptoms:
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Pediatric eye problems, going undetected or uncorrected may cause problems in the vision of your children. Children may suffer from unclear vision; blur vision, pain in the eyes, itchy and watery eyes and many more.
If your child is facing issues in school or during extracurricular activities, these can be the signs of vision problem.
Symptoms of vision problems in older children mostly include:
Double vision
Short attention span
Poor reading comprehension
Blurring vision
Frequent blinking
Headaches
Avoiding reading
Losing their place often while reading
Tilting the head to one side
If you are child is facing any of the above mentioned it may be start of eye problems, it is always safe to see a doctor in order to prevent further complications.