Pearls for glasses prescription in children: Tips and tricks

The most common cause of visual impairment in children is refractive error. All general ophthalmologists come across children in their practice treating a refractive error is the basic responsibility of any ophthalmist. Limited cooperation, low reliability, and risk of amblyopia make prescribing glasses for children more challenging than for adults. The basic rules of prescribing glasses take into account the visual needs according to age, strong accommodative elements, risk of amblyopia, age-related emmetropization, and associated conditions like strabismus, special conditions such as aphakia, pseudophakia, cerebral visual impairment child prior to prescribing glasses for children. This article focuses on the standard protocols of assessment and prescription of glasses for simple refractive errors as well as some special refractive situations in children.