Childhood vision problems increase during pandemic
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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – After nearly a year of at-home learning and less time outdoors in organized sports, vision specialists are seeing an increase in children having problems with their eyesight.
Tanisha Maze, a mother of two young children, has worn glasses since the third grade so she was keenly aware when her daughter Danika seemed to be squinting and struggling to see.
“She kept doing it, kept squinting and was getting closer to the TV,” Maze said.
Optometrist Dr. Gabriela Olivares with the Eye Center Of Pembroke Pines is seeing more kids like Danika with myopia, which is also known as near-sightedness.