Question:
What age should you have a child's eyes examined by an eye doctor?
Answer:
The general answer is that screening evaluations should be performed at the appropriate intervals by properly trained health care providers, which may be a pediatrician, family physician or even properly trained ancillary personnel but need not be an Eye M.D. If at any point an abnormality is detected in the screening and/or the child doesn't or cannot cooperate with screening then a comprehensive examination by a comprehensive or pediatric Eye M.D. is necessary.
Answered by:
Gary Hirshfield, MD
Categories: Eye Conditions;
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