Q: As the parents do not understand ophthalmology, how can we know whether or not the health of your baby’s eyes?

- Your baby is healthy eyes, in addition to any obvious observation usually accompanied by other eye diseases and the corresponding anomalies, key is to see whether the normal visual acuity. Young parents under the following circumstances, the preliminary judge for baby eyes: eyes to the normal monitor, capture and monitor the objectives of the action is accurate, does not see things Waitoushan not squinting during the day and night to see no distinction between East and West, the size of two symmetric eye is not inclined, flexible and free movement, no more tears, or the phenomenon of  (if it can not be suddenly opened his eyes, coupled with more tears, crying, etc., we must take note), under normal circumstances, the white of the eye is not red ( hyperemia), cornea (black eyes) black, under the pupil smaller in bright light, the pupil area of deep black color. If your baby’s eyes above an anomaly, it should check the diagnosis and treatment of the hospital in time.

 In addition, the following should be noted that when your baby’s eyes: he was born in the box on the warm oxygen (such as premature babies, etc.), family history of hereditary or contagious eye disease eyes (including sexually transmitted diseases, etc.), allergic Eye history and so on; fetal mothers have high fever, allergies, or have too much to accept medical examination (such as X-ray, ultrasound, etc.) as well as the blind use, alcoholism, excessive smoking and poisoning. If the baby is too large or the eye is too small, dull eyes, the normal distance of the toys do not reflect that the baby’s eyes may also be a problem.

Sometimes unusual baby visual appearance is not shown, in particular abnormal monocular. There is a simple way, parents may wish to try: a baby’s eyes will be covered, if the baby does not respond, while there may be a problem over eyes; and if the baby noises and refused to cover eyes, then cover the baby was eyes with normal vision.