M2 Flashcards
As an optometrist
vital that you are aware of the major causes of childhood
visual difficulties so that you can correctly detect, prevent or manage them appropriately
4 Ocular conditions
Refractive errors
Strabismus
Amblyopia
Nystagmus
all departures from emmetropia
Refractive Error
myopia with onset at any age between 6-15 years
Juvenile Myopia
Significant difference in between refractive error between the eyes (more than 1.00D)
Anisometropia
myopia will remain and will probably increase
Myopia
child will likely remain hyperopic
Hyperopia in excess of +1.50D
high probability of being emmetropic
Hyperopia between +0.50 and +1.25D
high probability of being myopic
Hyperopia between zero and +0.50D
an even higher probability of becoming against the rule astigmatism and myopic
Between zero and +0.50 and against the rule astigmatism
*convergent, divergent or vertical
*constant or intermittent
*unilateral or bilateral
*comitant or incomitant
Strabismus
failure of the visual axes of the eye to pass through the point of fixation
Strabismus
non-optical and non pathological refraction in VA
Amblyopia
caused by visual deprivation before the age of 2-6 years
Nystagmus
*Strabismic
*Refractive
*Meridional
*Anisometropia
*Deprivational
Classification of Amblyopia
involuntary oscillation of the eyes
Nystagmus