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FIVE COMMON EYE ISSUES THAT AFFECT CHILDREN AND THEIR TREATMENTS

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Children’s vision is still in its development stage and can be vulnerable to eye issues. The  eye doctors  state that detecting them early and treating them is key to ensuring their eyesight can be preserved. Failure to do that could result in severe problems, and at worst, they could become blind in one or both eyes. In this blog, we will examine five common issues and how they can be treated. Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) It is a condition where one or rarely both eyes are weak and provide blurry or distorted vision. It develops due to changes to nerve pathways between the retina and the brain, which causes the eye to receive fewer signals. Eventually, the eyes will be unable to work together, resulting in the brain ignoring the input of the weak eye. If left untreated, the brain can shut down vision completely, resulting in permanent loss of eyesight in the affected eye. Symptoms include blurry, distorted vision, head tilts, squinting, and random movements of the eye. The condition ...