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Vision screening
What is screening? “Screening is the systematic application of a test or inquiry identifying individuals at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to benefit from further investigation or direct preventative action, amongst other individuals who have not [yet] sought medical…
Optimizing compliance in patching therapy
Introduction Conventional occlusion therapy (patching the preferred eye) remains the first line of treatment for amblyopia. One of the main predictors of success is patient compliance with occlusion therapy, that is, the ability of parents and children to carry out…
Hand defects and the eye
Introduction The combination of hand and eye defects is not uncommon and may accompany several genetic disorders that include chromosomal abnormalities (trisomy 21, 18, and 13) and monogenic disorders. Interrogating The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) for “hand and…
Abnormal head postures in children
Introduction The medical term for an abnormal head posture (AHP) is “torticollis,” from the Latin tortus (twisted) and collum (neck). Torticollis from eye-related problems is termed “ocular torticollis.” The assessment of AHP in a child is often multidisciplinary, involving input…
Wobbly eyes in infancy
Introduction The infant with wobbly eyes is worrisome. While the majority have a benign etiology, this presentation may indicate severe neurological disease or even potentially lethal underlying malignancy. It is important therefore to have a diagnostic rationale for this problem.…
“My little girl tells me she sees strange things”
Introduction Unusual visual experiences are not rare in children, but are often difficult to interpret due to the difficulty for the child to express the peculiar sensation. Most complaints will be of a benign and usually transient nature, requiring only…
The child with a dual sensory loss (deafblind)
Introduction Deafblindness or dual sensory loss (DSL) is a combined vision and hearing disability; affected children have complete or incomplete loss of hearing and/or vision. It can be congenital or acquired. Congenital deafblindness is defined as blind and deaf from…
“My child’s teacher says she can’t see properly”
Mode of presentation When the teacher contacts parents with a suspicion that their child has visual problems, two scenarios occur: either the parents get worried and embarrassed, or they deny the problem as many parents think that they know best.…
Proptosis at different ages
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