Can children's pupils be dilated when they have eye inflammation?

If you have ever had an eye examination, you actually know what mydriasis is. This is a common method of examination during vision examination. So, can children's pupils be dilated when their eyes are inflamed? In fact, this requires consulting a doctor. Children can have a dilated eye exam if their doctor says it is okay. If that doesn't work, you can wait until the inflammation disappears and then dilate the pupil again.

Should children have their pupils dilated?

Many parents regard this as a serious threat, fearing that mydriasis will harm their children's eyes. But in many cases, mydriasis is the real weapon to help ophthalmologists identify "true and false myopia" and "eliminate false and simulated myopia".

What is pupil dilation for?

"Mydriasis" is generally known as ciliary muscle paralysis optometry in medicine, and we usually call it mydriasis optometry. It is often used when checking children's eyesight to confirm whether they have pseudomyopia. There is also the preoperative examination stage before adult myopia surgery.

Is there any harm to the eyes with mydriasis?

Mydriasis optometry requires pupil dilation, which is only a superficial phenomenon. The essence of mydriasis is to completely relax the ciliary muscle and loosen the adjustment to obtain the true refractive state of the eye.

Changes in eyes before and after mydriasis

Many parents believe that mydriasis will harm their children's eyesight, so they are full of concerns and even refuse to dilate their children's pupils. In fact, mydriasis is a temporary effect of the drug and for children it is only a temporary effect. After mydriasis, children will experience temporary fear of light, difficulty seeing near, and other symptoms, which will recover on their own after a period of time. Even multiple mydriasis will not cause harm to the eyes.

Mydriasis will not affect the overall eye development of children, and parents do not need to worry. Such misunderstandings arise because people do not know enough about mydriasis.

Generally, the efficacy of rapid mydriasis disappears within 6 to 8 hours and the pupil returns to normal. Symptoms such as difficulty seeing nearby objects and inability to open eyes under strong light caused by mydriasis are temporary. Mydriasis will not leave any discomfort and will not have long-term effects on the eyes. However, mydriasis is generally contraindicated in people with glaucoma or a tendency to increased intraocular pressure.

What are the differences between mydriasis in children and adults?

For children, the eyes have stronger accommodation power. Mydriasis refraction eliminates eye accommodation through ciliary muscle paralyzers and removes pseudomyopia components, thereby obtaining the true refractive power of the eye and fitting suitable glasses.

1Therapeutic mydriasis

For inflammation of the front part of the eye, the purpose of mydriasis is mainly to prevent posterior synechiae and relieve spasms of the iris and ciliary body caused by inflammatory stimulation, so as to reduce local inflammation.

2. Examination of mydriasis

Generally, a mydriasis examination will be performed before myopia surgery. This is mainly used to check in detail whether there are fundus lesions, refractive media opacities, eye injuries, etc.

In addition, according to surveys, after discovering that their children are nearsighted, many parents habitually take their children to a nearby eyewear store to get glasses for their children. Huaxia Quanzhou Eye Hospital reminds parents that it is not scientific to just find an eyewear store to have their children's eyes tested and have them wear glasses right away.

Children and teenagers need to go to a professional ophthalmology hospital for scientific medical optometry when getting glasses. Medical optometry requires optometrists or ophthalmologists to have medical and optometric knowledge, rich optometry experience, and use medical equipment to conduct a series of scientific refractive examinations. After reaching a correct diagnosis, a reasonable myopia prevention and control plan should be formulated according to the child's own situation to effectively prevent the increase of the child's myopia.