All About Kids' Eye-sight

[amylqf]

jedamum:

phantom:

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I do know brands has one supplement to http://www.brandsworld.com.sg/main.aspx?sid=109, but I have not tried that yet.

I have tried that on my kid, so far, seem like it have some effect, not sure if it a placebo effect though :roll:

My niece and nephew are also taking it. Before taking it the eye test was not satisfactory, after taking it for a while, my nephew eye test improved.

Guardian is having offer...instead of $22 per pack, they are selling in bundles of 4 packs at $66. But my husband said that our genetics are already working against us, and whether it will really help :roll:[/quote]My girl is also taking similar content with all kinds of berries tablets from raffles hospital. I would say it is not really working for her.

[amylqf]

phantom:

Basically seems like there are lots of reasons, but I don't understand why Singapore children myopia rate is one of the highest in the world. I worried for my kid, hope they don't ear glasses

A lot of factors caused the singapore kids myopia. such as singapore hot weather limited the child to go outdoor long enough, academic driven society, city environment (room small, narrow space between buildings), not using eye correctly, etc..
basically, the eye never been trained to see far, only to see near, therefore near-sighted.

[lwm99]

My kid had good eyesight when the school did a check in mid-2008. Before 2008 ends, she has to wear glasses. I suspect the classroom environment (white board, lighting, projector, etc) is the main culprit.

[pinky]

My son was diagnosed with astigmatism when he was in K1. We were told that it was hereditary (both my husband and I have the condition) so do

take note. I was not aware that eye problem could be hereditary.

[belladona]

anyone has recommendations on which shop offers reasonably priced progressive photochromatic lens?

[Choo choo train]

does anyone know where can i get Unbreakable Glasses for my 5yr old son

[lwm99]

There is no such thing as unbreakable glass, just how hard it can "tahan". Why don’t you consider plastic then?

[loyhuieng]

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My daughter is just in K2 and she is being diagnosed with low myopia and astigmatism. Is there any recommendations on how to treat or improve her condition? She is not a TV or games eddict and she always will have ample lights when she is reading or writing.

I would like to bring her to a optician but I do not have any optician in mind. Heard that a good optician is very important for young children as a non-experienced optician will not be able to make accurate measurements of the focus of the lens. Is there any recommendations of any optician that is good with children?

[MMM]

Hi,


Usually preschool kids are referred to the refraction clinic at polyclinic for further checks. They will be the ones who will issue the prescription. The optician in the malls are not able to do it for pre-schoolers.

[H2O]

My girl just diagnosed with Astigmatism and she is just in K1. She has pretty serious Astigmatism over 300 for each eye.

In fact, she was diagnosed by Singapore Health Board Nurses that visted the childcare.
They then refer her to SHB @ SGH. Due to her serious Astigmatism, they then refer her to NUH again.
Optician won’t be able to diagnose for children under 7 years old.
They need to refer to the eye centre where a thorough diagnoses will be carried out. It requires eye drops on the child.
Unfortunately, the only help for her now is wearing glasses to get her vision corrected.