Paediatric Ophthalmology
Paediatric Ophthalmology includes vision and eye assessments, investigations and treatments.
Candover’s Paediatric Ophthalmic team can offer:
Specialist orthoptic assessments of vision and eye movements
Assessment and treatments for:
- Lazy eye (amblyopia)
- Squint (strabismus)*
- Short sightedness, long sightedness (refractive errors such as myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism)
- Vision difficulties
- Lid lumps and bumps
- Red eyes
- Itchy eyes
Squint (strabismus)
*Squint (also known as a strabismus) is the term used to describe any ocular misalignment. This can be the eyes turning inwards, outwards, one going up or down. This can cause double vision (diplopia) but in children will often lead to reduced vision in one eye (known as amblyopia). Management of strabismus is both for functional visual improvement and restoring a ‘normal’ position of the eyes.
For children it is important they have an eye assessment as soon as any ocular misalignment is noticed. This will involve a test of vision, eye movements and the use of eye drops to carry out a dilated eye exam so the eye health and refractive error can be determined. Treatment options include glasses, occlusion therapy (with patches or drops), exercises and surgery if necessary.
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