Dr. DEEKSHA THORAT

, Dr. MEHUL SHAH, Dr. SHREYA SHAH, DR. HEENA PATEL

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC EYE DISORDERS IS CRUCIAL. TIMELY INTERVENTION CAN PREVENT PERMANENT AND IRREVERSIBLE COMPLICATIONS LIKE AMBLYOPIA IN PEDIATRIC POPULATION.

METHOD: OPHTHALMIC SERVICES VIA PEDIATRIC OPD SERVICES, SCHOOL CAMPS, SPECIALITY CAMPS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES INCLUDES THOROUGH HISTORY TAKING, VISION TESTING USING VARIOUS VISION TESTING CHARTS AND CARDS ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS, CONTRAST SENSITIVITY TESTING AND STEREOPSIS USING TITMUS FLY TEST FOLLOWED BY MANDATORY DILATATION REFRACTION. THE PATIENTS THAT UNDERGO CORRECTIVE PROCEDURES LIKE STRABISMUS, CATARACT SURGERIES AND TRAUMATIC OPEN GLOBE OCULAR INJURIES UNDERGO OCT TESTING PREOP AND POST OP AT EVERY VISIT.

CONCLUSION: EARLY DETECTION AND SURGICAL INTERVENTION OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS, SQUINT, DEVELOPMENTAL CATARACTS, LEUKOCORIAS, TRAUMATIC OPEN GLOBE OCULAR INJURIES PROMISE BETTER LONG TERM VISUAL OUTCOMES. AFTERALL THEY WILL DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE NATION.