Pediatric eye Assessment and Evaluation

Children differ from adults in their inability to express their eye problems. Pediatric visual assessment is mandatory in children to pick conditions early to reverse the loss of vision if possible.

Children can be assessed for visual acuity and visual function as early as 6 months. Timely intervention can cure lazy eye and improve vision as recovery of lost vision can be done fastest during the first 8 to 10 years of the child.

Visual assessment in children is done using special techniques and special charts based on the age of the child. Annual eye examination is mandatory in kids to detect ocular anomalies earlier.

Diplopia/ double vision problem

Diplopia is a condition where a patient sees two images of the same object. It may be either monocular or binocular. It may result due to misalignment of eyes in adults due to any trauma to the orbital bones or paralysis or muscle dysfunction.

Diplopia can also be caused by intracranial tumours and would warrant neurologist/neurosurgeon intervention in addition to the ophthalmic care.

Diplopia can be treated by using either surgery for brain, orbit or medical management to treat the underlying cause. Squint may have to be corrected either by use of prism glasses or squint surgery based on the type and angle of squint.