The Child's Eye Examination in Family Practice.
In view of the tragic results of undiagnosed and untreated visual problems in childhood, it is important for the family physician to have at her or his disposal a number of simple tests to detect problems at their earliest stages. Visual problems must be sought in the routine childhood physical examination because, unlike adults, children will not draw our attention to them. This article attempts to present several such tests as well as to discuss the mechanism of loss of sight through deprivation of clear visual stimuli, known as amblyopia. Other common childhood ophthalmic problems will also be discussed in the context of the child's eye examination.
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