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  • When to seek medical advice

  • Seek prompt medical care if your child has sudden vision changes accompanied by:

    • Severe eye pain or irritation
    • Swelling or redness in or around the eyes
    • Discharge of blood or pus from the eyes
    • Unequal pupil sizes
    • Problems with eye movement

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Vision problems

Find possible causes of vision problems based on specific factors. Check one or more factors on this page that apply to your symptom.

  • Blurring of lines

  • Blurry distant objects

  • Blurry nearby objects

  • Difficulty distinguishing color shades

  • Distortion in part of visual field

  • Favoring one eye over the other

  • Spots or stringy bits in field of vision

  • Sudden vision loss, partial or total

  • Wandering eye

  • Eyestrain

  • Headache

  • Need to hold objects away from face

  • Need to hold objects close to face

  • Pain surrounding the eye

  • Pain when moving eyes

  • Persistent squinting

 

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