Charlotte, Cotswold, Cornelius, and Mooresville, North Carolina

 As a parent, making sure your child has the best vision possible is one of your biggest concerns. Thankfully, if you live in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, Horizon Eye Care has experienced pediatric ophthalmologists who are ready to diagnose and treat any of your child’s eye problems.

 Although you may think you were born with the vision you have now, the fact is, your eyes are constantly changing and your vision can get worse over time. As your child grows, the most dramatis changes that will happen to their eyes are between being born until they are about 10 years old.

 During this time, it is important that you bring your child into an experienced a pediatric ophthalmologist to have any potential vision problems diagnosed early. Pediatric ophthalmology deals with correcting all of the most common eye disease in children, including:

•  Amblyopia (Lazy Eye) – This occurs when one eye is less developed than the other. This condition can usually be corrected, but it must be detected as early as possible for the best results.
• Strabismus – A condition that causes the eyes to be misaligned, reducing the ability to see accurately or with impaired depth perception
•  Glaucoma – While not as common in children as it is in adults, pediatric glaucoma is usually treated with surgery, allowing young children to grow-up with normal vision.
• Retinoblastoma – A rare form of cancer that can impair vision and damage the cells in the back of the eye, this eye disease can be treated if diagnosed early by an experienced pediatric ophthalmologist.

 Vision problems can be very difficult to deal with, especially for children. Rather than wait for an eye problem to arise later on, the best thing you can do as a parent is bring your child in for regular eye exams and vision tests so that our pediatric ophthalmologists can make sure their vision is perfectly healthy.

 At Horizon Eye Care, we want to make sure your child can see as well as possible. The experienced pediatric ophthalmologists at our eye care centers in the Charlotte, North Carolina are can help diagnose and treat nearly any vision problem your child is suffering from.

 Please contact Horizon Eye Care today at (704) 405 – 4123 if you live in the Charlotte, North Carolina area and are interested in learning about pediatric ophthalmology or if you would like to schedule an initial consultation for your child with one of our experienced pediatric ophthalmologists.