What are the most common pediatric eye disorders?
The most common eye disorder of kids is a misalignment of the eyes. We call it strabismus. That means the eyes either turn in, what’s traditionally called cross-eyed, or turn out, which is what we called wall-eyed in lay terms. These are really important conditions to treat in kids, because when the eyes point different directions, the brain is seeing two different things, and the brain learns to ignore one eye or the other and it gradually turns that eye off permanently. So a kid who’s got cross-eyes or misaligned eyes is gradually losing his vision in one eye, and that’s why you really need to an eye doctor and get that taken care of.
