What are the common eye problems seen in pediatric age group?

Children can have variety of eye problems. Some of the relatively common disorders are refractive errors, redness of eyes (conjunctivits – infective or allergic), watering of eyes, strabismus (deviation of eyes), amblyopia (lazy eyes), lid abnormalities (ptosis), congenital cataracts, congenital glaucoma, developmental abnormalities of the eyes (microphthalmos), vitreous hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity, persistent fetal vasculature syndrome (PHPV), chorioretinal coloboma, tumors (retinoblastoma) , foveal hypoplasia and optic disc abnormalities (coloboma, hypoplasia, optic atrophy, swollen optic discs). Shroff Eye Centre is fully equipped in managing these ocular disorders.