REFRACTION TEST
For kids & teenagers
6-17 years old

Nowadays, it is more common to see children with refractive errors. It is essential to examine your children for early detection and to know the prompt actions in maintaining the children’s visual quality, ensuring their way of living, and avoiding unexpected developments such as amblyopia or myopia progression. 

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Comprehensive eye examinations and tests will ensure the correct parameters, will help the doctor evaluate the children’s eye condition, and recommend the appropriate treatment.

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The Pupil refraction test package at the Japan Eye Center is available for children 6 – 17 years old. Every examinee will undergo the steps which meet the Japanese standard procedure with modern machines and equipment.

Accommodation
paralysis

Eye accommodation is the eye’s ability to adjust its focus to see things at different distances. Compared with adults, the child’s eye accommodation is much stronger, especially in his/her growth. Therefore, it’s difficult to determine his/her exact refractive index.

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To reduce the impact of this accommodation force on the refractive index, the medical staff should use a medication that stops eye accommodation, also known as accommodation paralysis or cycloplegia agents. Its application helps to accurately determine the refractive index (myopia – hyperopia – astigmatism) in children.

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The following children need to be applied with cycloplegia agent

• Those with suspected refractive errors: Based on refractive measurements by an automatic machine or by skiascopy

• Those who will have their first glasses

• Those with big differences in a refractive index compared to their current glasses.