CLINICAL AND ANAMNESTIC ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS FOR EYE- PATHOLOGY IN CHILDREN
In the overwhelming majority of cases, severe visual disorders are the result of congenital and hereditary pathology, including those caused by complications of the perinatal period, intrauterine disorders or hereditary factors. In more than 60% of cases, ophthalmopathology in children with disabilities is combined with disorders of the central nervous and cardiovascular systems, deviations in the mental sphere. Hereditary burden, of particular importance is another factor in visual impairment - this is schooling. Thus, according to our data, the number of children with visual impairment during schooling increases by almost 10 times, from 9.5% before entering school to 90.5% before leaving school. That is, the number of students with low vision has increased during the period of schooling. The specific frequency of visual impairment is significantly higher among older children. Often the combination of ocular pathology with somatic diseases prevails (92.8%). Reduced rate of increase in respiratory muscle strength in visually impaired children in senior school age