Pediatric eyeball protrusion can be caused by congenital factors, inflammation, tumor, endocrine factors, vascular factors, etc. It is recommended to consult a doctor in time.
1. Congenital factors: such as congenital craniofacial underdevelopment, congenital orbital malformation, etc., all of which can be induced by bone deformity.
2. Inflammatory diseases: such as acute orbital cellulitis, purulent orbital fasciitis, inflammatory pseudotumor, orbital tuberculosis, chronic dacryoadenitis, etc., which can induce eyeball protrusion, and children can also be accompanied by ocular pain, tenderness, eye position abnormality, eye movement limitation, ocular abnormal secretion and other uncomfortable symptoms.
3. Tumor: including tumors originated in orbit and metastatic cancer secondary to orbit, which mostly cause one-sided eyeball protrusion.
4. Endocrine factors: mainly seen in some children with hyperthyroidism, which may be accompanied by excessive sweating, heat intolerance, anxiety, irritability, agitation, palpitation and other symptoms.
5. Vascular factors: such as intraorbital varicose veins, repeated intraorbital hemorrhage, intraorbital hemangioma, etc., which can also cause eyeball protrusion in children.
6. Others: such as eye trauma, high myopia, etc., children may also have protruding eyes.
When children have symptoms of protruding eyeballs, their family members should bring them to the hospital in time, so that the professional doctors can find out the cause of the disease and treat them accordingly.