There are many conditions and ophthalmic disorders which can affect your child’s vision. Periodic vision checkups can identify them or whenever your child comes up with any visual problems the Doctor screening the child can identify these disorders. Common visual disorders are
- Nearsightedness (Myopia)
- Astigmatism / Blurry vision
- Far sightedness
- Lazy Eye
- Misaligned Eyes / Strabismus/ Squint
Strabismus/Squint
Squint or Strabismus is a condition where an eye is either turned upwards, downwards or outwards due to muscle disorder holding the eye ball. The condition has to be treated by ophthalmic surgeon and usually done by correcting the muscles surgically.
Lazy Eye
This condition is developed due to under usage of an otherwise normal eye in squint or misalignment of eyes. The condition is treated by conservative methods like eye ball exercises, applying patches etc and by correcting the primary cause like correcting squint
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