children eye care

14
Children eye care http://forbeseyecare.co.uk/

Upload: marya-thomas

Post on 07-May-2015

47 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

DESCRIPTION

A short description about the common eye problems that children suffers.

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Children eye care

Children eye care http://forbeseyecare.co.uk/

Page 2: Children eye care

All children can wear glasses like that of adults.

Eye wears including fashionable eye wears are good eye protectors.

Page 3: Children eye care

Why children eye care so important??

Eye problems in children have a great impact over their overall development.

Page 4: Children eye care

Children are also susceptible for most of the eye conditions similar to adults. Since many of those conditions are age- related, children suffer them less frequently.

Page 5: Children eye care

Preventable diseases

Cataract :

Treatment in early stages will avoid blindness

Page 6: Children eye care

Trachoma:

This condition occurs mainly in unhygienic situations

Page 7: Children eye care

Refractive error:

It is otherwise called myopia. Early detection and treatment is required

Page 8: Children eye care

Retinopathy of Prematurity 

When babies born very prematurely, their retina and blood vessels do not developed completely. These babies often have highly variable rate of oxygen level in their blood. This result in the damage of retina and blood vessels.

Page 9: Children eye care

This condition can be cured early by proper treatment.

Page 10: Children eye care

Results of Nutritional deficiency in children Children eyes are more vulnerable for

vitamin-A deficiency. Due to the this, the eye tissues become dry and cloudy and reduce its capacity to reduce small infections.

Page 11: Children eye care

corneal ulceration scarring melting away of the tissues of the

cornea causing perforation of the eye.

Page 12: Children eye care

Signs of eye problem in children: constant eye rubbing chronic redness of the eyes chronic tearing of the eyes a white pupil instead of black abnormal alignment or movement of the

eyes

Page 13: Children eye care

extreme light sensitivity poor focusing squinting difficulty reading being unable to see objects at a

distance

Page 14: Children eye care

To know more about the measures to protect your child’s vision, visit

http://forbeseyecare.co.uk/