Symptoms of blindness in infants
The visual system of your unborn child starts to form in the womb. It doesn’t fully develop until around the age of two.
Your infant should be able to fixate on an object and follow its movement by the age of 6 to 8 weeks. Their eyes should be appropriately positioned and neither bent inward nor outward by the time they are 4 months old.
The following are some signs of vision impairment in young children:
- poor focusing
- constant eye rubbing
- an extreme sensitivity to light
- chronic tearing from the eyes
- chronic eye redness
- a white instead of black pupil
- poor visual tracking, or trouble following an object with their eyes
- abnormal eye alignment or movement after 6 months of age