Visual Disturbance
Visual Disturbance
If you have been told your child needs glasses: Let your child help pick out the frames for the glasses. This way, your child will be more likely to wear them. Make this a fun time. Let your child try on lots of shapes and colors before choosing the right pair. Make sure the glasses are the right size for your child’s face. Make sure the lenses are centered over your child’s eyes. Have your eye doctor check the fit from time to time. Encourage your child to: Keep the glasses in a case when not wearing them. Clean them as shown by the eye doctor. Use both hands when taking the glasses on and off. This will keep from stretching them.
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When Your Child Needs Glasses
General
If you have been told your child needs glasses: Let your child help pick out the frames for the glasses. This way, your child will be more likely to wear them. Make this a fun time. Let your child try on lots of shapes and colors before choosing the right pair. Make sure the glasses are the right size for your child’s face. Make sure the lenses are centered over your child’s eyes. Have your eye doctor check the fit from time to time. Encourage your child to: Keep the glasses in a case when not wearing them. Clean them as shown by the eye doctor. Use both hands when taking the glasses on and off. This will keep from stretching them.
What problems could happen?
Have more eyestrain and headaches,Fall behind in school,Have worsened eyesight
Body systems
Neonatal,Ocular,Pediatric
What are other common names?
Amblyopia in Children,Amblyopia in Kids,Astigmatism in Children,Astigmatism in Kids,Children and Glasses,Kids and Glasses,Myopia in Children,Myopia in Kids,Presbyopia in Children,Presbyopia in Kids,Strabismus in Children,Strabismus in Kids
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