Signs That Could Mean a Child Has Loss of Vision

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HealthWiki > Disabled Village Children > Chapter 30: Loss of Vision and Difficulty Seeing > Signs That Could Mean a Child Has Loss of Vision

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By 3 months of age:

• The child’s eyes do not follow faces or toys, or objects or lights moved in front of them.
• The child seems bothered with normal lighting in the room, or keeps their eyes open only in a darkened room.
• The child presses their hands against their eyes frequently.

In babies at any point:

• The child’s eyes or eyelids do not look like other children’s.
• The child’s eyelids do not open or close fully.
• The child’s eyes seem to shake.
• The child squints (half shuts their eyes) a lot.
• The child has another condition like cerebral palsy or hearing loss.

In young children:

• The child has headaches often.
• The child avoids work that involves looking at small details.
• The child falls often or seems clumsy.
• The child stops or moves very slowly and carefully when lighting changes.
• The child is unable to find a familiar object when it is in a group of objects.
• The child turns their head at unusual angles to see.

If a child shows any of these signs, test their vision, and if possible, see a health worker or eye doctor. Sometimes eyesight can be saved by preventive steps or early treatment. Ways to test if a baby sees and for measuring the vision of children are discussed with "CHILD-to-child activities", and in Helping Children Who Are Blind.

Methods for testing if a baby sees and for measuring the vision of children are discussed with "CHILD-to-child activities", and in Helping Children Who Are Blind.

This page was updated:04 Apr 2024