Treatment for spasm of accommodation

 

 

Submitted by sonia on Mon, 07/15/2019 - 21:33
Country
Iran
Age
6
Gender
Male
Did you perform any surgery for the eyes?
No
Do you suffer from pre-existing illnesses in the eye?
No
Do you suffer from any diseases in the body?
No
Do you use any eye drops?
No
Do you use any eye drops?
No

Question

 

 

Hi

My 6 year old son has a -0.75 to -1.0 D prescription for each eye but his eye doctor says it can be pseudo myopia or accommodative spasm and I should take him for second opinion 3 months later.

What should I do now? Is there any treatment such as eye drop or eye exercises for accommodation spasm? I would like to try anything (of course, safe) for his eyesight.

I truly appreciate your advice.

Thanks

 

Answer

Thanks for your Question

 

 

There is a muscle inside the eye called ciliary muscle and this muscle contract when you work for near tasks such as reading. Continuous contraction of this muscle without any stimulus is called accommodative spasm

Symptoms of accommodative spasm are blurred vision especially for far, headache, esphoria ( inward deviation of the eye ) and eye strain.

First of all your child should be examined for cycloplegic refraction which is the refractive power of the eye after we use cycloplegic eye drops. These eye drops will dilate the eye and temporary paralysis and relaxing ciliary muscles inside the eye and this will help to eliminate any spasm and will show the true refractive power of the eye.

This true refractive power should be addressed with eyeglasses and then re-examine him after few weeks.

According of the results of this re-examination we can confirm accommodative spasm and we can decide the treatment.

Treatments of accommodative spasm can be by over or under correction of eyeglasses, reading glasses, bifocal or multifocal contact lenses, cycloplegic eye drops and home vision therapy exercise.

 

 

Treatment for spasm of accommodation

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