Preferred cycloplegic drug in a 1 year old child is:-
In children the tone of ciliary muscle is very high, so we have to give a drug which is a strong cycloplegic drug - Atropine. Atropine is given in the form of eye ointment because even if we give it in form of eye drops, it can be absorbed through nasolacrimal duct, and there will be hypehermia risk. Cycloplegic DOC in 1 yr old child - Atropine (longest acting cycloplegic) Cycloplegic DOC in Adults- Tropicamide (shoest acting cycloplegic)
Atropine oral
Atropine eye ointment
Tropicamide eye drops
Phenylephrine eye drops
Parasympathetic System & Glaucoma