Medicana Health Group Ophthalmology Specialist Assoc. Ayhan Dursun stated that eye examination in children should be done before school.
Medicana Hospitals Ophthalmology Specialist Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Dursun said that there are important findings for early diagnosis of eye problems such as children watching television closely, not seeing the board well enough, skipping lines while reading, following the words with their hands, being restless when one eye is closed, watery eyes, boredom while doing homework, and stated that childhood is one of the most important periods of preventive and preventive eye health examination.
“It increases the importance of the subject”
Medicana Sivas Hospital Ophthalmology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Ayhan Dursun, who said that vision losses in childhood can lead to a long life without a sense of sight, said, “Vision losses in this period can cause significant financial and moral losses for the person and society. Reducing childhood vision loss increases the importance of the issue. Epidemiologic studies show that approximately 2 thousand to 3 thousand children each year suffer from a disease that causes significant vision loss. The American Pediatric Ophthalmology Association and the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommend that the health of the visual system in the child should be examined for visual acuity until the age of 5 at the latest.”
“It negatively affects children's school adaptation”
Dursun said that it is important to perform eye examinations before the child starts school in order to prevent a problem with vision from affecting the child's adaptation to school, “Likewise, vision problems should definitely be kept in mind in children who we think of as children with low school success and poor school adaptation. For these and similar reasons, eye examinations at school age should be performed at least every 2 years in children who are thought to be healthy. If pre-school visual disorders are not treated, children's school adaptation, learning ability and personality may be negatively affected.”
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