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There are an estimated 40,000 sports and recreation-related eye injuries each year
and the majority of them happen to children.
An ophthalmologist is a medical eye specialist – doctors who have undergone further specialist training to diagnose and treat only eye diseases and dysfunctions.
The Gulf Eye Center offers comprehensive eye care, including numerous medical, surgical and optical treatments of the eye..
Eye Care for Children PDF
It may be difficult at first to convince your budding Wayne Gretzky and Lisa Leslie to be the first on the team to wear eye protection. But it’s even more difficult to hear words like “corneal laceration,” “globe rupture” or “hyphema” when you’re standing in an emergency room with your injured child.
A pediatric ophthalmologist in Dubai says there are an estimated 40,000 sports and recreation-related eye injuries each year, and the majority of them happen to children.
Most of you know about the importance of bicycle helmets, catcher’s masks and skating pads for your kids. But what many of you may not know is that your child’s vision also may be at risk if he or she plays certain sports without special eye protection.
The good news is that 90 percent of these injuries are preventable with the appropriate eyewear.
If your child plays sports, the best pediatric ophthalmologists in Dubai and the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommend the following eye protection:
A leading ophthalmologist for kids recommends the following schedule for pediatric eye examinations.
Screening for eye disease by trained personnel— ophthalmologist, pediatrician, or trained screener should be conducted at:
Some factors may put your child at increased risk for eye disease. If any of these factors apply to your child, check with your pediatric ophthalmologist to see how often he or she should have a medical eye exam:
Nearly one in twenty preschoolers and one in four school-aged children have a problem that could result in permanent vision loss if left untreated. That is why it is important to have your child’s eyes screened by an eye specialist, such as an ophthalmologist, primary care provider, family doctor, pediatrician, or a trained screener.
Your children should see an Eye M.D. promptly if there is a family history of eye problems or if a problem is apparent. An ophthalmologist can detect possible vision problems and take action to correct them early before they become more serious.
Every child should have an eye screening before age 5.
An eye care professional will screen your child for:
If you suffer from dry eyes, red eyes or conjunctivitis, make an urgent appointment to consult your eye doctor.
Blurred vision, double vision, glares and halos can make the most enjoyable activities difficult.
Orthokeratology allows the user to be free of glasses or contact lenses during the day by the use of night time hard lenses
This eye disease causes distorted vision due to a change of shape in the cornea.
Many children are losing their vision due to excessive “screen time”. Ortho-K lenses can radically reduce or even halt the progression of myopia.
LASIK is a quick and painless surgical procedure that corrects the shape of the cornea.
