Top 5 signs your child needs eyeglasses

During the first 5-6 years of life child’s visual system is growing and developing.

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For some child there may be need of glasses to ensure normal development of vision, straighten the eyes if crossed (strabismus), strengthen the weak vision (amblyopia), near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism.

Child can be tested for glasses, especially in infancy with the help of special instrument retinoscope. There are 4 basic types of refractive errors that can affect children: Myopia (nearsighted), Hyperopia (far-sighted), Astigmatism and Anisometropia. Based on the condition ophthalmologist can advise the need for glasses. In these cases, if a child does not wear the glasses recommended, normal vision development can be affected badly.