Astigmatism - Uncorrected
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J and J:
Agreed. all children are born with astigmatism normally more than 200 degrees, and some children will out grow of it when they reach school age but some do not and stay as higher as 200 - 300 degrees or above. With such high degrees, the child is highly possible to develop lazy eye and if this happens only in one eye, it may lead to squint too.
J & J, with this possibility of the astig self-correcting, should kids be wearing corrective glasses or not? There was mention by someone earlier that a boy's astig went away by itself at P2 (assuming no glasses were worn at all).
My preschooler is wearing her glasses now but I worry that the astig may never go away totally since her eyes now \"depend\" on the glasses for clearer vision. Advice? -
Unfortunately my kid has 350 for both eyes since kindergarten.
Lately, she starts to develop myopia of 100 each.
We are correcting on her reading habit but can’t imagine her eyes deteriorate so fast. -
cherrygal:
How much degree of astigmatism does your child have?Does your child have other refractive errors ( myopia or hyperopia)? The most important is his/her corrected vision ( vision with the spectacles), attain 6/6?J and J:
Agreed. all children are born with astigmatism normally more than 200 degrees, and some children will out grow of it when they reach school age but some do not and stay as higher as 200 - 300 degrees or above. With such high degrees, the child is highly possible to develop lazy eye and if this happens only in one eye, it may lead to squint too.
J & J, with this possibility of the astig self-correcting, should kids be wearing corrective glasses or not? There was mention by someone earlier that a boy's astig went away by itself at P2 (assuming no glasses were worn at all).
Cherrygal, prescribing spectacles to veryyoung child (like preschooler) is an intervention mainly to prevent or treat amblyopia( lazy eye- a condition the vision is below standard(6/6) even with spectacles correction or treating a squint (cross eyes)
The lazy eye means even the image in the eye is sharp, but the brain does not recognise it as sharp image so the child still cannot percieve a sharp image. In such a young age, the brain is still learning how to perceive an image from the eyes. If such learning process is disturbed, then there's chance to develop lazy eye which may lead to squint if one eye is more serious than another eyes.
If a child shows sign of having lazy eye and or squint, then spectacles is first line of treatment regardless how much their degrees are.
There's always possibility for a child have their astigmatism subsided when reaching school age, but no one knows who this child will be. So sorry I can't answer you regarding this, eye care professional would able to know which child is at risk to have amblyopia or squint and do the intervention .
My preschooler is wearing her glasses now but I worry that the astig may never go away totally since her eyes now \"depend\" on the glasses for clearer vision. Advice?
In most of the cases, astigmatism won't increase as drastic as the myopia. It rarely hit 1000 degrees like myopia.
But we still have to watch out for any onset of myopia when the child starts schooling. As myopia has more impact on the eye than the astigmatism.
People are frightened by the degrees only, but I think the most important is how well you can see even spectacles is more important. As there's way to remove the degree, when they reach adulthood, but if your corrected vision is not good, even you remove the degrees, you still can't see well. I do not mean neglecting the increase in degrees but it should come after the vision.
That's only my personal view.
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Thank you so much for your explanation. I agree being able to see 6/6 with correction is important. She only has astig so far but I suspect she will develop myopia later on coz I am seriously myopic myself.
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My p2 DS was recently found to have Astig 75 both side and myopia of 25 on one side. Was told he doesn’t need glasses . May I know if anyone has similar experience ? Should I get a 2nd opinion ? Thanks
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Hey guys. I am a 15 year old in hci and I recently went to an eye specialist to check my eyes and realused that I have astig 300 on both eyes. The specialist told me that it was completely due to my parents genes and that I could not do anything other than get lasik surgery at age 21. Is there anything you guys can recommend me to do to not worsen the situation or improve it? Any help would be kindly appreciated!
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Aloysius Lam\" post_id=\"1934746\" time=\"1568165679\" user_id=\"181020:[quote=\"Aloysius Lam\" post_id=1934746 time=1568165679 user_id=181020]
Yes. Astigmatism is an inherited condition. Usually if discovered early, you can contain the worsening condition. My kids inherited my astig. DH hv perfect eyesight.
Hey guys. I am a 15 year old in hci and I recently went to an eye specialist to check my eyes and realused that I have astig 300 on both eyes. The specialist told me that it was completely due to my parents genes and that I could not do anything other than get lasik surgery at age 21. Is there anything you guys can recommend me to do to not worsen the situation or improve it? Any help would be kindly appreciated![/quote]
Usually, if the child receives early intervention, the child will not struggle as much I learning esp astig causes blurry or double image & kids usually hv difficulties recognizing alphabets such as ‘c’, ‘o’ or ‘a’ etc. Once a child receives early intervention, like mine all receives adjusted spectacles to help retina focus, then by age 8-12 they shld stabilize and not need for further adjustments.
@ Aloysius Lam It’s amazing that u’ve come to teenage w/o much help and thriving in yr studies. You shld go to KKH eye specialist clinic for proper diagnosis & advices.
My degree as a student passed 400 degrees in my upper primary. I used to wear glasses but had since moved on to contact lenses & my degree had not gone beyond. My only difficulty is w/o prescription I wld hv the bus number totally blur within 200 meters. One time I was misdiagnosed at the optometrist & regretted it big time coz the degree didn’t fit & I had dizzy spells besides seeing awlful bright lights at the sides. Once I ditched the bad prescription & got an accurate one fr the hospital, I’ve never used outside prescriptions since. There are many charlatons out there! Beware!
Don’t worry too much as this condition is better treated at hospital then outside opticians/eye specialist. Get the right prescription & you can go to yr favorite optician with the proper diagnosis
Take care! -
Esteema,
what type of prescription did hospital do - as in they help to make the lens and glasses or we can
take the accurate info & go outside to make the glasses n nicer frame?
astigmatism make night driving vision lousy
mine was due to bad habits, so my degree is low.. but still irritating -
MyPillow\" post_id=\"1934772\" time=\"1568172032\" user_id=\"70594:
You can get glasses for astig at any optician. No need to go to hospital for the prescription.
Esteema,
what type of prescription did hospital do - as in they help to make the lens and glasses or we can
take the accurate info & go outside to make the glasses n nicer frame?
astigmatism make night driving vision lousy mine was due to bad habits, so my degree is low.. but still irritating -
slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1934776\" time=\"1568172565\" user_id=\"28674:
yah thats my current way - coz my degree not high , but i do know some who are bad.
You can get glasses for astig at any optician. No need to go to hospital for the prescription.MyPillow\" post_id=\"1934772\" time=\"1568172032\" user_id=\"70594:
Esteema,
what type of prescription did hospital do - as in they help to make the lens and glasses or we can
take the accurate info & go outside to make the glasses n nicer frame?
astigmatism make night driving vision lousy mine was due to bad habits, so my degree is low.. but still irritating
i curious whether hospital do help to make glasses (?) heee....
i have myopia + astig + lao hua soon - dunno normal optician can help or not ?
now i am wearing contact lens + light lao hua (those market one) if i m reading v small prints (eg scripture ) in low light
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