Luiza VELJANOVSKA

EARLY DETECTION OF ERRORS OF REFRACTION AND SRABISMUS,

CONDITION FOR GOOD VISION

The “Ward of newborns, small and preschool children“ in Bitola, does systematic examination of vision of 3, 4 and 5 years old children, in order to detect the errors of refraction and strabismus.

In the work is analyzed presence of errors of refraction and strabismus of children born in 1990, 1991 and 1992 from 2 to 5 years of age. In the work were used patients’ records.

From totally 1634 children, born without risk, in systematic examination of vision were comprised 1214 children, from which 937 i. e. 57% cooperated in the examination. 7,5% of them had hipermethropia and strabismus. 3,8% of children had hipermethropia and 3,6% of them had strabismus. Longsightness was equally present at male and female children, and squint was for 1,2% more present at female children.

Hipermethropia and strabismus were present in higher percents at children born with risk (Sectio caesarea, Vacum extractio, Asphyxia and Praematurus). From totally 253 children 186 cooperated in the examination . 8,3% of them were longsighted and 4,8% were squint.