Young people with arthritis are at risk of eye inflammation, called iritis. This page describes the use of eye drops and other medications to control eye inflammation. It also explains the importance of having regular eye checks if you have arthritis.
Learn about eye examinations, the optometrist’s role and the equipment used, so you can prepare your child, and yourself, for the vision test.
Find information about how your eyes work and what happens when you take your child for an eye exam. You can also learn about basic first aid for eye injuries, and different types of eye conditions and how they are treated.
If you have JIA, regular eye exams are very important for detecting early signs of eye inflammation. Learn what happens during an eye exam.
Follow these steps to put eye ointment in your child's eyes.
Learn what to expect when a child receives a custom-fitted eye after an enucleation.
Learn how the doctor can treat your child's amblyopia.
Enucleation is surgery to remove a damaged or diseased eye. Learn about the surgery and how to care for your child afterwards.
Learn how an eye patch can force the weaker eye to work harder so the vision in the eye improves.
Learn how often your child needs to be screened for diabetes complications and what you can expect from each test and screening.
An overview of the different causes, symptoms and treatments of this common eye infection in children known as pink eye.
Take a detailed look at the types of eye conditions that can occur in young people with arthritis. These conditions include uveitis, cataracts and glaucoma. Learn about some of the potential treatments for these conditions.
A corneal transplant replaces a cloudy or damaged part of the cornea with a clear cornea from a donor. Read about corneal transplants and follow-up care.
Strabismus (misaligned eye) surgery tightens the weak eye muscles that move the eye or loosens the stronger ones. This helps the eyes line up better. Read what to expect from the surgery.
Learn how to properly care for your child's eye injury, discover potential causes and know when to seek medical attention.
Several exams and tests are done in order to diagnose arthritis. A complete medical history, physical exam, blood tests, and imaging studies such as MRI and X-rays are needed.
Discover how cataracts develop in children and how they can be treated.
An in-depth look at what is involved in a neurological exam as part of the medical diagnosis of a childhood brain tumour.
Strabismus is a condition where the eyes do not point in the same direction. Learn about the different types, what causes it, and how it is treated.
An overview of this condition marked by an inflammation of the lining of the sinuses, along with tips on how to help your child recover.
Over time, diabetes can cause eye damage. Learn about the various eye conditions that can occur and how they may be treated.
Learn how ptosis is treated and how to care for your child after the surgery.
If your child has JIA, regular eye exams are very important for detecting early signs of eye inflammation. Learn what happens during an eye exam.