DO YOU KNOW ?

• 25% Children in the world have some eye problems or the other. This percentage may be much higher in     developing & underdeveloped countries.
• Approx. 20% children in school are either near or far sighted.
• 8% children have problems other than refraction / glasses (This may be congenital, squint, cataract, or     even cancer in eye )
• Approx. 15% children have vitamin dificacy and/or wrong reading / writing habits.

DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD’S VISION

The vision system of a child is poorly developed at birth. But develops rapidly with a remarkable combination of nerve tissues, muscles and optical lenses that provide the sense of vision.

The information processed by the eyes is sent directly to the Brain and is interpreted as vision. Awareness of location, space , depth, color, shapes provides valuable clues to help us understand our environment.

The visual system is nearly developed but its full development & fine tunning continues till adolescence and adulthood. A one – month child sees clearly say, upto 2 feet and by 3 months its nearly developed . But fine tunning & development completes after 15 – 17 years.

SYMPTOMS OF CHILDREN EYE DISEASES

1.	Redness or Swelling	Redness Ex. Tears Rubbing Eye Drooping Eye Eyes Turned In White Colour
2.	Excessive Tears
3.	Discharge
4.	Tendency of rubbing eye
5.	Jerky eye movement
6.	Drooping eyelids
7.	One eye turns in or out
8.	Involuntary to & fro movements
9.	Child tills head or his eyes appears to constantly or intermittently turn in / out / up / down
10.	White colour in the dark area of eye
11.	Part of the iris ( the coloured circle of eye ) is missing
12.	The eyes seen to jiggle or rotate
13.	One pupil ( black centre of eye ) is larger than the other
14.	Child always tilts his head to look at things
15.	The baby does not focus or follow objects nor do they make eye contact by 3 months
16.	Eyes are oversensitive to light
Also if the child is school going then following symptoms are also indicative eye problems :
17.	The child complains of headache or tiredness after reading
18.	Child holds his book vary close to face
19.	Any other symptoms associated with eye and appears abnormal