ScienceDaily: Opthalmologists Discover Relationship Between Eye Condition And Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ScienceDaily: Opthalmologists Discover Relationship Between Eye Condition And Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
UCSD Shiley Eye Center ophthalmologists and researchers have uncovered a relationship between an eye disease characterized by an inability to focus on a target and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
"We showed that children with the disorder, convergence insufficiency are three times as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than children without the disorder," according to David B. Granet, M.D., a UCSD School of Medicine associate professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics and director of the UCSD Ratner Children's Eye Center. "This is the first time such a relationship has been identified between these two disorders."
Convergence insufficiency, a disorder that affects less than five percent of children, is a physical eye problem that makes it hard to keep both eyes pointed and focused at a near target, making it difficult to maintain concentration when reading.
UCSD Shiley Eye Center ophthalmologists and researchers have uncovered a relationship between an eye disease characterized by an inability to focus on a target and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
"We showed that children with the disorder, convergence insufficiency are three times as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than children without the disorder," according to David B. Granet, M.D., a UCSD School of Medicine associate professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics and director of the UCSD Ratner Children's Eye Center. "This is the first time such a relationship has been identified between these two disorders."
Convergence insufficiency, a disorder that affects less than five percent of children, is a physical eye problem that makes it hard to keep both eyes pointed and focused at a near target, making it difficult to maintain concentration when reading.
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Clinical trials have shown that optometric vision therapy is the most appropriate mechanism of treatment for this vision disorder.
For more information go to http://www.covd.org (College of Optometrist in Vision Development), http://www.convergenceinsufficiency.org/ (Convergence Insufficiency), http://www.vision3d.com/ (Vision 3D) or feel free to contact me at dmaino@ico.edu
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