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Parents must be vigilant, in fact there are many diseases or disorders that can attack the little one's eyes. Of course we all agree that the eye is quite an important sense. Well, many children do not understand and are able to maintain their own eye health, so it is not uncommon for children to experience eye pain. Previously, you also have to know what types of eye pain in children are the most common and need to be watched out for by parents? The following is the review.
Types of eye pain in children
A Canadian optometrist, Tanya Sitter, told Today's Parent that eye health plays an important role in children's cognitive development and learning. But unfortunately, about 60 percent of children experience eye problems that are slow to detect.
This is because eye pain in children is often underestimated by parents. Yes, most parents only consider eye pain in children to be limited to red eyes and will heal by itself.
In fact, there are several types of eye pain in other children that parents need to be aware of. Among them:
1. Red eyes
The habit of rubbing the eyes makes children prone to experiencing red eyes. Not only that, this condition is also often experienced by children who like to play games on a laptop or cellphone until you can't remember the time.
Radiation exposure from device screens can make a child's eyes dry, red, and itchy. Especially if children are accustomed to rubbing their eyes, the eye pain they experience can get worse.
One of the best ways to overcome this is by limiting the time children play games . Make an agreement with the child, for example, only to play games for 1-2 hours on weekends.
In addition, teach children about the 20-20-20 principles to maintain eye health. That is, every 20 minutes staring at the cellphone screen, turn the child's gaze for 20 seconds to an object that is located 20 feet or about 600 cm. This method will make the eyes more relaxed and prevent eye pain in children.
2. Nearsightedness
Nearsightedness or minus eye is the most common eye disorder in school age children. This condition makes your little one unable to see objects at a distance, but can see close objects clearly.
If you pay attention, your child's eyes will usually narrow when trying to see the writing on the blackboard. If not addressed immediately, this can interfere with the learning process and make children's achievement decrease.
Eye disorders in this one child can only be overcome with minus glasses. Remember, as the child gets older, the minus levels may decrease or increase. Therefore, bring the child to check the eyes regularly to adjust the minus levels on the child's glasses.
3. Cross eyes
Crossed eyes are the most common eye disorder in children, from infants to children aged 5-6 years. Crossed eyes, or strabismus in medical parlance, is a condition in which the eyes are not aligned. One side of the eye can look outside, inside, up, or down and not be fixed on one object at the same time.
If left untreated, these crossed eyes can develop into lazy eyes (amblyopia). Lazy eye is a condition in which the brain tends to "employ" one eye only. One of the weak eyes gradually became more "lazy" because it was rarely used. The fatal impact, this can cause children to lose sight if not treated quickly.
So, immediately take your little one to an eye doctor for an eye check. The doctor will usually provide glasses or a special cover to cover the normal eye. Indeed, the child can only see with one eye, the weaker eye, for a while.
But don't worry, this is actually done so that the muscles in one of the crossed eyes become trained and move actively. That way, the child's eyes return to normal over time.
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