A HEARTWARMING video has revealed the moment a little girl sees clearly for the first time.
In the clip, the youngster is sat down while an adult is trying to put glasses on her.
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goodnews_movement/InstagramThe youngster looks shocked when she wears the glasses for the first time[/caption]
At first, she’s reluctant to let them put the glasses on her face, and tries to push them away.
But as soon as the spectacles are fitted, she beams with delight.
She looks around open-mouthed, smiling at the camera and everything she is now able to see with the help from the lenses.
At one point, the adult has to briefly take the glasses off her to clean them.
When they place them back on her face, she is just as delighted as the first time.
Towards the end of the clip, posted on the Good News Movement, the little one is seen reaching up to the glasses, in bewilderment of what they have allowed her to do.
In the UK, there are an estimated 37,000 blind and partially sighted children and young people, the Royal Society for Blind Children state (RSBC) states.
Every day, four or more children will be diagnosed with a form of sight loss, they added.
The NHS states that although serious vision problems during childhood are rare, routine eye checks are offered to newborn babies and young children to identify issues early on.
Within the first 72 hours of birth, your little one’s eyes will be checked for any obvious physical problems, as part of the newborn physical examination.
Then they will be checked again between six and eight weeks old, before once again being examined around one year, or between the ages of two and two and a half.
During this appointment you will be asked if you have any concerns when it comes to your child’s eyesight.
Eye exams will then be carried out again when your child is four or five.
SPOT THE SIGNS
While eye tests are in place to pick up any abnormalities, there are things parents can do to monitor children’s eye health.
The NHS states signs of a possible eye condition can include:
the eyes not pointing in the same directioncomplaining of headaches or eye strainproblems reading – for example, they may need to hold books close to their face and they may lose their place regularlyproblems with hand-eye co-ordination – for example, they may struggle to play ball gamesbeing unusually clumsyregularly rubbing their eyessitting too close to the TV
If you’re worried about you child’s eyesight you should see a GP or an optician.
Guidance states: “Children can have an eyesight test at any age.
“They do not need to be able to read, or even speak. An eyesight test is particularly important if there’s a history of childhood eye problems, such as squint or lazy eye, in your family.”