Three-year-old children with 100 degrees of astigmatism can be left untreated for the time being if they are diagnosed as being physiologic.
Three-year-old children can already through the optometry examination to determine whether the patient has refractive error, if after the optometry examination has 100 degrees of astigmatism, and the doctor considered to be due to physiological factors, generally do not need to carry out treatment, but should be regularly reviewed vigilant astigmatism on children’s visual development of the impact.
The formation of physiological astigmatism is mainly due to the child’s obesity and other reasons, eyelid subcutaneous tissue hypertrophy, increased tension, will press the cornea to appear mild deformation, thus forming astigmatism.
Usually, as the child grows older, the hypertrophy of the subcutaneous tissue of the eyelid will gradually improve, and the astigmatism formed by this compression will disappear.
Regular checkups are recommended, and further treatment will be determined by the doctor according to the child’s condition.