When it comes to the visual health of your children, you must be very cautious.
The health of your eyes is an issue that must be addressed frequently; however, the vast majority of people tend to downplay vision problems until it is too late. This is especially critical when it comes to children, especially when they are under eight years old. The reason? A child at that age is not able to clearly express when they are having problems with their sight.
As parents, your job is to always be vigilant in the face of any vision problem that your children may have. We should not downplay our children when they show symptoms of vision problems, no matter how harmless they seem.
An early visit can help prevent more serious vision problems.
Although there is no exact age to start taking your children to an optometrist appointment, after the initial 6-month checkup, it is recommended that yearly checkups begin at the age of 3 or 4.
Most vision problems can be detected at an early age and usually can be corrected more easily. This will promote in your children the habit of taking care of their eye health, something that will be very useful to them in the future.
The problem is that your children don’t always know how to explain to you if they have problems with their vision. What to them may simply be “a blot on the eye” may actually be nearsightedness, astigmatism, visual weakness, or eyestrain.
If you notice that your children are having trouble seeing from a distance or up close, experience headaches when watching television or the computer screen, or squinting to focus, it is time to take them to a medical appointment with an optometrist.
If you have eye problems, your children are more likely to have them too.
Genetics plays a key role in the health of our eyesight. The genetic conditions of parents can predetermine a higher susceptibility of their children in terms of vision problems. Pain and sight problems are common consequences of these conditions, and those who have a predisposition to contract them should inquire about their effects and possible treatments.
Colorblindness, Glaucoma, Nystagmus, and Myopia are some of the visual problems that are passed from one generation to another. If you suffer from any of these, you must take your children to a medical appointment with the optometrist to determine if they also have it.
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