Ocular Systems INC - 10 Symptoms of Visual Problems in Children

Here is a list of the ten most common symptoms of visual problems in children:

It is very close to the television.
He winks when he’s staring at something.
You have recurring styes.
Read following the line of text with your finger or do it very slowly.
It is very close to the papers.
It is not interested in details that are far away.
Blinks a lot when trying to focus on something.
You get tired when you read.
You do not see posters in the distance.
He rubs his eyes.

Poor vision is a trigger for school failure.

Just as signs are recognized at home, they can also be identified at school; Teachers can also tell by seeing if the child who happens to sit down at the end of class is more distracted or has narrowed eyes.

We have to be attentive to all these symptoms all the people who are around the child, and once we detect them, we must carry out an ophthalmological examination.

As we do pediatric check-ups, it is advisable to do a normal and current check-up at 4 or 5 years is ideal. Because at 4 years of age, the child begins to learn letters, he already collaborates more in the consultation, and this is quite useful for non-specialized people; we can take him to an optometrist, a general ophthalmologist, at 4 years, he should be able to get the most out of it and all the information you need.

If, for whatever reason, the child has any symptoms before the age of 4, for example, the twists his eyes, his eye has a strange shine, his eyes vibrate, etc … A series of problems that, although the child has 3 months, it is necessary to go to the ophthalmologist (it is recommended that they be pediatric specialists) to investigate a little more.

If you do not have any unusual symptoms, 4 years is the ideal age to take a child to the ophthalmologist for the first time.

More is better

It is becoming a trend to have more than one pair of glasses, because like bags and shoes, they are accessories that personalize and highlight the look. The choice depends on the style of each person, but it is suggested:

For formal moments such as the office, reserve the most classic and simple models with a chic touch such as frames with a “ducked” or colored style and lenses that darken in the sun with traditional tones such as brown or gray.
For more casual days, large models with details or brightness and that the lens darkens to more attractive colors such as amethyst or sapphire.
For special events, bolder shapes such as hexagonal, octagonal, or heart-shaped lenses, with animal print designs.

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Do You Reinforce And Take Care Of Your Visual Field?

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| Visual Field

The visual field can be defined as the space in which our visual system can detect the presence of stimuli. That is to say, the visual field is what our eye can see when we fix our gaze on a static point, which includes the point where we pose the view and its surroundings (periphery). It allows us to perceive our environment on a day-to-day basis.

We constantly work for your visual health; that is our mission; contribute to a clearer and healthier vision for you is our goal. Through our optometrists, consultations, and lens formulation, we create a path of recommendations for a healthier eye, appropriate care, and visual impairment prevention.

However, you must know what makes up your vision and how it works. Do you dare?

Thus, you will know that the normal limits of the visual field are:

Nasal portion: It refers to the space that goes from the center of the vision field towards the nose. Temporal portion: refers to the space that goes from the center of the field of vision towards the ear.
Upper portion: Space that goes from the center of the field of vision upwards.
Bottom portion: Space that goes from the center of the field of vision down.

A decrease in these limits of the visual field would reduce what a person can see when fixing their gaze on a point, with the difficulties that this can entail when moving around their environment. Besides, they considerably limit occupational performance, especially the ability to move freely, avoid obstacles, read, drive, and participate in rehabilitation.

Functional implications of the visual field

a) Occipital lobe: area V-1 (primary visual cortex), initiates the analysis of visual information. The orientation, position, and movement of the images are shaped. This is also the area where eye-tracking movements start.
b) The frontal lobe is responsible for motor planning and is where voluntary movements of muscles are associated and integrated. The eye’s frontal fields are located here and are involved in involuntary eye movements and the initiation of voluntary saccades.
c) Temporal lobe: visual information is processed to identify the images.
d) Parietal lobe: this area is involved in integrating and information about the object’s location in space and its relationships with others. It is also where body representation develops and where we assemble our spatial world.

Optometry and vision therapy

For this reason, the development of an optometric program is important; it is based on the identification of potentially recoverable visual alterations and their subsequent treatment through optometric vision therapy.

A late diagnosis of the existence of a visual problem in the neurological patient can delay his rehabilitation process both at a cognitive level (in learning, literacy, communication tasks, etc.) and at a motor level: (postural and balance alterations that hinder standing, difficulties in re-learning to walk, to carry out movements and transfers, etc.)

Optometrists are the professionals who can help us in the specialized assessment of these cases and the elaboration of rehabilitation programs, with emphasis on retraining or compensation.

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