All About Kids' Eye-sight

[jedamum]

CJS:

jedamum:

it started 2 days back, my ds1 keep blinking his eyes. he said it is irritation, so can i use eyedrop on him? not sure if it is irritation or case of bad habit.

I heard tat this eye blinking problem can b solved thru tcm. Maybe u can bring ur child to a Chinese physician.

CJS,
any chinese physician recommendations? preferably in the west.
TIA.

CKS,
how long did your boy had this before it went away? TIA.

[joylly]

hie everyone


i just send my son to the Student Health Centre at HPB Refraction Clinic today and he was diagnosed with myopia of 100 and 125 degree.

When I went in there they dont use the heavy equipment that I usually use at my optometrist to check my eye sight. Use the simple machine where we placed our chin and the normal reading out of the letters.

Are these readings accurate ?

Has anyone’s children been referred there and given a spectacles prescription from them ?

Thank u so much for sharing


Worried, suspicious parent

[joylly]

hie ooptimizer and 2ppaamm


My son has also been diagnosed w myopia by the HPB.

Do u mind pm me yr contacts for the eyedrop dr and the ortho-k doctor ? I'd like to find out more abt their services.

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Thank you very much !

God bless !

[pink_daisy]

hi all,


my son who is gg 7yrs old recently keeps ‘winking/blinking’ his right eye. i don see any redness or swollen. he doesnt complain of any pain or itch. anybody knows wats the cause or any similar experience to share?

[jedamum]

my boy also like that! very upset.

see http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=109&start=270

someone mentioned that it may be motor tics.

my one also right eye.

[hquek]

DS1 tend to do this also. Once at GP (family one), DH asked Doctor what could be done. Doctor immediately reply, \"oh, then have to take out the whole eyeball\".


At that, DS1 looked with eyes big big....not daring to blink.

[jedamum]

hquek:

DS1 tend to do this also. Once at GP (family one), DH asked Doctor what could be done. Doctor immediately reply, \"oh, then have to take out the whole eyeball\".


At that, DS1 looked with eyes big big....not daring to blink.

i tried to do the scare tactic, but the grandma had to go and tell the scared boy that my threats are nonsense. :roll:

[mathsparks]

hi jedamum/pink_daisy,

when my girl was around 6-7, she developed this habit of winking 1 or both eyes, which I thot was motor tics too. We monitored, didnt kick a fuss, and after a few weeks it disappeared only to reappear the following year.

After 2 years, we figured out the tics came about when during the yearend holidays when she watched loads of cartoons. And once school started, they disappeared as she cut down on tv. So perhaps, your kids are watching too much tv?

[jedamum]

mathsparks:

hi jedamum/pink_daisy,

when my girl was around 6-7, she developed this habit of winking 1 or both eyes, which I thot was motor tics too. We monitored, didnt kick a fuss, and after a few weeks it disappeared only to reappear the following year.

After 2 years, we figured out the tics came about when during the yearend holidays when she watched loads of cartoons. And once school started, they disappeared as she cut down on tv. So perhaps, your kids are watching too much tv?

yes. i recalled back and realised that it all began when i introduced a daily computer game slot for him.
had barred him from using computer already and together with ds2, both are on tv-diet.
hope it'll work.

[ChiefKiasu]

jedamum:

i tried to do the scare tactic, but the grandma had to go and tell the scared boy that my threats are nonsense. :roll:

Then you should tell your kid that it's because grandma probably won't be around long enough to see that happen :siam: