What are vision problems?

Also known as: eye problems, refractive errors, blurred vision, halos, blind spots.

By 12-16 weeks infants’ eyesight allows them to see clearly and from further away. Over the following year, infants’ eye body/hand coordination improves with long distance judgement becoming more accurate. Usually eye problems tend to present between 18 months and 4 years of age.

While a variety of different problems and conditions may occur, two are common: a crossed or wandering eye and one eye focuses differently to the other (for example one eye is more farsighted than the other).

School aged children frequently have vision problems which include focus and alignment disorders such as:

  • refractive errors
  • amblyopia (also known as “lazy eye”)
  • strabismus


And eye diseases like:

  • conjunctivitis
  • cataracts
  • color blindness

Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM

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