For refraction in a hypermetropic child, which in the best drug: (A) Phenylephrine, (B) Atropine ointment, (C) Atropine drops, (D) Homatropine
Answer is B. Cycloplegics are used before retinoscopy in patients where the examiner suspects that accommodation is abnormally active and will hinder the exact retinoscopy. Such a situation is encountered in young children especially hypermetropes. Reference : A K KHURANA OPHTALMOLOGY,Edition 4,Page-562