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The eyes of a child<br />
Eyesight is generally considered something you only need to worry about when you’re older.<br />
But the truth is that children can suffer from a wide range of eye problems – many of<br />
which can be corrected.<br />
Here are some warning signs, which<br />
may suggest you need to have your<br />
child’s eys checked …<br />
• Regularly holding their head at an<br />
angle<br />
• Squinting<br />
• Avoidance of light or failure to<br />
respond to light<br />
• Obsessively rubbing their eyes and<br />
grimacing<br />
• Turning eyes without focusing on<br />
anything<br />
• Grasping for objects and missing<br />
them<br />
• Strabismus, commonly known as<br />
“cross-eyes” - when the eyes are<br />
turned or when the eyes have<br />
different prescriptions.<br />
Serious childhood eye conditions to watch out for:<br />
There are many conditions that affect children and the sooner you notice that<br />
there is something wrong, the quicker you must take action.<br />
Strabismus:<br />
When your child’s eyes are crossed or what people usually call squinted. It is<br />
important that the optometrist assesses the eyes’ ability to function together.<br />
Amblyopia:<br />
Usually a result of strabismus, amblyopia occurs when the eyes are turned or<br />
when the eyes have different prescriptions. The brain ‘shuts off’ the image from<br />
the turned or blurry eye.<br />
Near-sightedness (myopia):<br />
Children who are near sighted tend to struggle with focusing on objects that are<br />
far and squint to see things that in the distance. They engage better with things<br />
that are close. Near sightedness is as a result of the changed shape of the eye,<br />
leading to your child inability to focus on distant objects.
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