Paediatric Ophthalmology

Paediatric eye disease is fundamentally different from adult eye disease and should be treated in a different way. We got a fully dedicated paediatric ophthalmic team to bring the light in to the world of colors.

Paediatric Ophthalmology unit in Simons eye care deals with various eye disorders in children like 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), chorioretinalcoloboma, tumors (retinoblastoma) , foveal hypoplasia and optic disc abnormalities (coloboma, hypoplasia, optic atrophy, swollen optic discs). We are fully equipped in managing these ocular disorders. We have a variety of equipments, necessary to perform an extensive pediatric ophthalmic examination including portable slit lamp, portable non contact tonometry, orthopticequipments,synoptophore etc.  There is provision for examining uncooperative children under general anesthesia.