CHILDREN with undiagnosed eye problems may face severe consequences for their education and wellbeing, experts at Specsavers Greenford are warning.
It comes as new research shows more than two fifths of parents say their children haven’t had a test at an opticians in the recommended last two years.
The data has been released to mark the second annual National Children’s Eye Health Week, an initiative spearheaded by Specsavers to help dispel the confusion around children’s eye care.
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The YouGov poll of parents found that more than 30 per cent of parents say their children have never had an eye test, for reasons including thinking there was nothing wrong with their eyes or that their children were too young.
This is despite Specsavers recommending that children are taken for their first eye test at the age of three.
Nawaz Haque, store director at Specsavers Greenford, said: “Early detection of any sight issues is critical. Between the ages of three and eight, there is a real window of opportunity to identify and treat conditions such as myopia and lazy eye, which can have no outward symptoms.”
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