Explaining Common Problems of Squinting in Children

1. Is child eye squeezing a disease? Children’s eye squeezing is a common symptom in children’s ophthalmology outpatient clinic, it is not a disease, it is an eye symptom caused by other diseases, but parents and teachers tend to belittle it as a result of the child’s naughtiness, and delay the consultation, the doctor tends to treat it as a common conjunctivitis, and in the neurology and pediatrics sometimes treat it as a facial tic only. Many children are not cured for a long time, or often recur. 2.What are the causes of eye squeezing in children? (1) Eye diseases, such as: conjunctivitis, granuloma, inverted eyelashes, lid stones, keratitis, or even pediatric congenital glaucoma, refractive error (2) facial tics. Most of the eye or facial discomfort, caused by a protective action, over time to form a habit – is called blinking tics. It is also caused by imitation of others or mental factors. (3) Tourette’s syndrome. No eye disease, facial tics, eye squeezing, shoulder shrugging, nose wrinkling, crooked mouth, voice abnormal sound, or even utter obscene words, and abnormal behavior. It falls under neurology and pediatric care. Most of these children will cause a decline in academic performance, lack of concentration …… 3, what are the dangers of children’s eye squeezing (1) most of the children’s eye squeezing is caused by eye diseases, many of them have vision problems at the same time, most of the children were treated as ordinary inflammation, ignored the vision problem, made into the treatment effect is poor, vision problems can not be be corrected and treated in time. In addition the causes of superficial keratitis and glaucoma should not be ignored, they can cause permanent damage to vision, causing lifelong regret. (2) As a result of the lack of timely treatment, facial twitching, eye squeezing and other stubborn habits are formed over time, which impresses the appearance and casts a shadow on the psyche of the parents of the affected children. (3) Tourette’s – Obscenity Syndrome if not to neurology and pediatrics for timely treatment, will affect learning and intellectual decline and mental changes …… In short, most of the children with eye squeezing is an inflammation of the eye, accompanied by vision loss caused by the eyesight problems can not be ignored. Otherwise …… 4, how to prevent and control squeezed eyes (1) the main consultation ophthalmology, each child with a comprehensive examination of vision, cornea, conjunctiva, eyelids, refractive status, fundus, intraocular pressure, so as not to cause misdiagnosis. (2) If there is no ophthalmologic problem, refer to neurology and pediatrics for prompt treatment. (3) Parents should pay enough attention to eye squeezing and bring their children to pediatric ophthalmology in time (4) Most children have multiple causes of eye squeezing, the most common being caused by ocular inflammation coupled with vision loss, which should be treated comprehensively. Inflammation – anti-inflammatory Inverted eyelashes – correction, surgery Macrophthalmos, lid stones – anti-inflammatory, surgery Refractive error – – prevention and treatment of myopia, correction of refractive error Congenital glaucoma – lowering of intraocular pressure surgery Superficial keratitis – anti-inflammatory, strengthening of nutrition, such as carotenoids (5) For long-term squeezing of the eyes, facial tics caused by untreated (5) For persistent and habitual eye squeezing and facial tics caused by untreated chronic eye squeezing and facial tics, psychiatric treatment should be supplemented in addition to the above treatments. (6 Tourette-Obama Syndrome, which must be treated by a pediatric nurse practitioner and neurologist. It is important to distinguish it from eye squeezing caused by ocular disorders.