All About Kids' Eye-sight

[corneyAmber]

Bronzy:

ks2me:

Bronzy, how high is her degree?

Hi Ks2me. Around 100 deg according to the first optician i went to.

If you want a super light pair of glasses, I recommend SwissFlex but it also means that it is so light that sometimes she may not feel that it is there.

Monitor the situation...if it goes up too fast, then you need to take other measures.

[amylqf]

ooptimizer:

But do note that the book is an old book and it may not be available in the bookshop. You may however find the book in some secondhand online bookshops.

I agree with Bates that teacher should hang a eye chart on the wall and make it comulsary for kids to read.

[amylqf]

ooptimizer:

But do note that the book is an old book and it may not be available in the bookshop. You may however find the book in some secondhand online bookshops.

I agree with Bates that teacher should hang a eye chart on the wall and make it comulsary for kids to read.

[amylqf]

winth:

My colleague, his mum was a nurse and she believes alot that it's a mindset that we put the children in. It's like saying, hey, your eyes have problems and you need a pair of glasses. So, the child will condition their mind that IT'S TRUE that their eyes are 'spoilt' and need glasses for them.

Her children were in primary school when the nurse from school (after eye examination) told her that her children need glasses cos they are now short-sighted. And glasses need to be prescribed soon before their condition goes worse!

His mum didn't follow this set of prescription and worked on telling her sons that their eyes are okay, and they just need to rest when their vision blurs from reading/PC.

Her children are now in their early 20s and well, they are perfect eyesight.

Sometimes, it's really all in the brain.

Thanks, winth for sharing.

you are not the 1st one who told me similar story.
Minus lenses can actually worsen the myopia. That's why I still didn't let my daughter wear a spectacle (myopia since k1) until now, like what your colleague mum did. but it didn't stop the degree (eye ball) from growing either. Now she is 270 at p2.

Although it didn't affect her daily life so far (just squinting, but still can see whiteboard sitting at front row in school, swiming, dance, etc),
I am struggle to find a solution as I am not sure if I am doing a good or bad things for my only child by against the main stream. Seeing more and more children wearing a glasses after going to p1 is such a painful sight.

I am thinking of the orth-k, thinking of eye drop, but they are so invasive. We don't know the long term side effect to the eye yet.

rather than accepting the fact that singapore has 80-90% of myopia rate, Isn't it really no way to control myopia?
Has anyone use eye excercise or TCM-accupunture to get better?
I heard singapore eye center has a computer program, called neuro-vision. anyone tried before?
pls share your view here.

[Bronzy]

ks2me:

If you want a super light pair of glasses, I recommend SwissFlex but it also means that it is so light that sometimes she may not feel that it is there.


Monitor the situation...if it goes up too fast, then you need to take other measures.

Thanks for the advise. Took DD to the optician for a proper check and found that her power is already 200 deg! The optometrist said that I should have brought her earlier. Strange that the school health check did not indicate that she required glasses although her vision was 6/9 since P1. 6/18 this year and only then they recommend glasses. Will need to monitor her as kids who start with higher power apparently tend to increase faster too. What kind of other measure would you suggest?

[Bronzy]

amylqf:

Thanks, winth for sharing.


you are not the 1st one who told me similar story.
Minus lenses can actually worsen the myopia. That's why I still didn't let my daughter wear a spectacle (myopia since k1) until now, like what your colleague mum did. but it didn't stop the degree (eye ball) from growing either. Now she is 270 at p2.

Although it didn't affect her daily life so far (just squinting, but still can see whiteboard sitting at front row in school, swiming, dance, etc),
I am struggle to find a solution as I am not sure if I am doing a good or bad things for my only child by against the main stream. Seeing more and more children wearing a glasses after going to p1 is such a painful sight.

I am thinking of the orth-k, thinking of eye drop, but they are so invasive. We don't know the long term side effect to the eye yet.

rather than accepting the fact that singapore has 80-90% of myopia rate, Isn't it really no way to control myopia?
Has anyone use eye excercise or TCM-accupunture to get better?
I heard singapore eye center has a computer program, called neuro-vision. anyone tried before?
pls share your view here.

This point of view is very interesting. Always believed that leaving the myopia untreated (i.e without getting specs) would just make it worse. My DD has had 6/9 vision since P1. Managed without specs. Now in P4 it has deteriorated to 6/18 so am getting her specs. Was told that I should have started her with specs earlier. Any ideas to improve vision would be appreciated. Does the pinhold specs that I saw mentioned help reduce myopia?

[Nebbermind]

from 6/9 to 6/18 in 3 yrs seems rather OK leh.


my boy gotta change his specs almost every yr at one stage, (maybe sometimes even shorter) and currently ard -5.00 and only P6!!

[amylqf]

Bronzy:

This point of view is very interesting. Always believed that leaving the myopia untreated (i.e without getting specs) would just make it worse. My DD has had 6/9 vision since P1. Managed without specs. Now in P4 it has deteriorated to 6/18 so am getting her specs. Was told that I should have started her with specs earlier. Any ideas to improve vision would be appreciated. Does the pinhold specs that I saw mentioned help reduce myopia?

As long as the eye ball keep on growing, the myopia can be worsen no matter you put on glasses or not.

pinhole specs will not reduce myopia. it just help to see better (with limitation). I don't think any tech right now can reduce myopia, right now.

What I was talking about was \"Control\" myopia.

[amylqf]

Bronzy:

This point of view is very interesting. Always believed that leaving the myopia untreated (i.e without getting specs) would just make it worse. My DD has had 6/9 vision since P1. Managed without specs. Now in P4 it has deteriorated to 6/18 so am getting her specs. Was told that I should have started her with specs earlier. Any ideas to improve vision would be appreciated. Does the pinhold specs that I saw mentioned help reduce myopia?

As long as the eye ball keep on growing, the myopia can be worsen no matter you put on glasses or not.

pinhole specs will not reduce myopia. it just help to see better (with limitation). I don't think any tech right now can reduce myopia, right now.

What I was talking about was \"Control\" myopia.

[corneyAmber]

Bronzy:

ks2me:

If you want a super light pair of glasses, I recommend SwissFlex but it also means that it is so light that sometimes she may not feel that it is there.


Monitor the situation...if it goes up too fast, then you need to take other measures.

Thanks for the advise. Took DD to the optician for a proper check and found that her power is already 200 deg! The optometrist said that I should have brought her earlier. Strange that the school health check did not indicate that she required glasses although her vision was 6/9 since P1. 6/18 this year and only then they recommend glasses. Will need to monitor her as kids who start with higher power apparently tend to increase faster too. What kind of other measure would you suggest?

To control myopia as my child's goes up exponentially, I put her on Ortho-K. It is actually not invasive and similar to wearing hard lens for anyone having myopia. However, the main difference is the convenience in the day, perfect vision and free from all external help. That makes life so good and normal especially for active children. But the main motivation was to control the myopia from climbing rapidly.