Understanding Your Results

This information is intended to provide a basic understanding of the vision screening document. The numbers are included to provide information (like the reason for the referral) to the middle doctor providing the eye exam. This is a screening only and is not intended to provide a diagnosis; only a doctor can diagnose a vision problem and prescribe handling.

**While no screening can test for the entire spectrum of possible vision problems, the screening device used in your kid'due south screening tests for the most common and broadest possible telescopic of vision problems. Equally with whatsoever screening, it is possible to accept a vision problem that is not detected through the screening procedure. Even if your kid received a "Laissez passer" event, please take them to an eye care provider if they are displaying any signs of a vision trouble (run into the front of your certificate).

​Conexus recommends regular vision care as role of a continuum of health care.

Definitions

Refractive erroroccurs if the middle cannot focus light properly on the retina. Information technology usually causes blurry vision and in most cases tin can exist corrected with eyeglasses ( Astigmatism, Hyperopia, Myopia  – see below).  Some refractive errors, if non corrected early on enough, can lead to permanent vision loss in the afflicted eye (see  Anisometropia  beneath).  This is known as amblyopia, or "lazy eye".Amblyopiatin consequence from whatever status causing one eye to be significantly stronger than the other; this may include anisometropia, strabismus (see corneal reflex below), opacities, ptosis (drooping eyelids), or other conditions.  Early on treatment is the key to preventing vision loss from amblyopia.

Anisometropia is a significant difference in the power of the eyes. The screener uses the spherical equivalent measurement to calculate whether 1 eye is significantly stronger than the other.  If the difference in the two spherical equivalent measurements is 1.00 D or greater, regardless of age, a referral is generated.  A significant difference may indicate the potential for amblyopia, or "lazy eye".

Astigmatismresults in blurry vision because the eyes are not able to sharply focus light.Young children have some degree of astigmatism, measured as "cylinder", and then a referral will not be generated unless this number is equal to or in a higher place the number given in the heading.  This number changes with age, every bit the degree of astigmatism that is normal decreases as a child matures.

Hyperopia is ameliorate known every bit farsightedness;Myopiais better known as nearsightedness.In these refractive errors, the middle is not shaped/sized to properly compliment its focusing power (lite doesn't focus directly on the back of the centre as it should), resulting in blurry vision up shut (hyperopia) or at a distance (myopia).  Immature children typically have some caste of refractive error (more commonly hyperopia), so these numbers change as the child's age increases and the acuity a child their age would exist expected to accept improves.  The higher the number, the more significant the deficiency.  (+) numbers point hyperopia; (-), myopia.

Gaze asymmetry measurements screen for potential muscle imbalance or misalignment of the eyes(strabismus).  Corneal reflexes are recorded on the "targets" shown below the moving picture of your kid'southward eyes, as well as in the list of criteria.  The screener detects whether the optics are moving together properly. Cases where the optics are not aligned properly tin can issue in difficulty with 3-dimensional vision, tracking while reading, blurriness or discomfort, and/or permanent loss of vision in the affected eye (amblyopia or "lazy eye").

Anisocoriasimply means diff educatee size.   This can, in some cases, indicate a mass in the eye or a structural or neurological disorder.  If there is more than 1mm difference in the sizes of the correct and left pupils, a referral volition be generated.

If you have additional questions almost our technology-based screenings, please contact united states by e-mail or call (804) 423-2020 ext. 4.