This is a very important topic which is very important for the parents to understand that at present children in age groups of 5 to 8 years or even below and above this age are overplaying games on mobiles and video games for hours . By this we are exposing their eyes to: Ocular fatigability Headache eye strain Vomiting Change in behaviour Irritability Fainting Epileptic like symptoms Many times, parents think that the children with these symptoms have paediatric problem as a matter of fact most of these children develop refractive errors or even get squints.
So, it is very important for the parents to monitor their children as far as abuse of playing video games is concerned as a pediatric ophthalmologist I have seen many sensible parents keeping a close watch on this issue. Share your opinions.
