Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)

[3kiddos]

twinklejoy:

Hey chatelaine, you see, 3kiddos' dd1's lazy eye is cured! :rahrah: Hooray!! That's so encouraging, isn't it? :dancing:

so, like what 3kiddos has mentioned, be firm and consistent. I sincerely hope that your kid' will say bye bye to the lazy eye in 9months' time(or even lesser.. like the old grandma's!!) :love:

Thanks, twinklejoy. Just to clarify... dd1 still needs to wear glasses for astig correction. Just that when her astig was first diagnosed, even with the glasses at the right degree, she couldnt get 6/6 vision in that eye - which showed that it's truly a \"lazy\" eye.

[twinklejoy]

3kiddos:

twinklejoy:

Hey chatelaine, you see, 3kiddos' dd1's lazy eye is cured! :rahrah: Hooray!! That's so encouraging, isn't it? :dancing:

so, like what 3kiddos has mentioned, be firm and consistent. I sincerely hope that your kid' will say bye bye to the lazy eye in 9months' time(or even lesser.. like the old grandma's!!) :love:

Thanks, twinklejoy. Just to clarify... dd1 still needs to wear glasses for astig correction. Just that when her astig was first diagnosed, even with the glasses at the right degree, she couldnt get 6/6 vision in that eye - which showed that it's truly a \"lazy\" eye.

oic Thanks for the info too!
but her lazy eye is cured right? only to wear glasses to correct astig, tio boh?

[chatelaine]

Hi 3kiddos


I noticed it when he reads book. His left eye move inwards. I'm not sure what's the cause yet. I have just managed to get a referral letter from polyclinic to have his eyes checked next month.

Hopefully, he will be well after patching.

3kiddos:

I see, your little one is still very young. Just wondering how you managed to get it diagnosed at such a young age? Is it caused by myopia/astig?

From what I know (but better to check with doc to be sure), astig is stable as it's related to the shape of the eyeball. In dd's case, I was told by the specialist that she wd hv had it from birth but because she has one good eye, she can see perfectly well unless she can't use her good eye (hence the lazy eye and the need to patch her good eye to exercise the weak one). Since astig degree doesnt tend to change, once the lazy eye is corrected, it's stable. She's in P2 now and hasnt needed to change the degree of her glasses since K1.

The patches we used can be found at hospital pharmacies (ours from CGH which is close to my parents' home). They were more comfortable for dd and more easily removed than the ones from Watsons/Guardian. Cheaper too. Brand was Ortopad.

[chatelaine]

Hi twinklejoy


Thanks! I hope it will just go away naturally.
Meanwhile, I'll just have to wait patiently for his appt. at KKH.
Really appreciate your info. as well. :thankyou:

twinklejoy:

Hey chatelaine, you see, 3kiddos' dd1's lazy eye is cured! :rahrah: Hooray!! That's so encouraging, isn't it? :dancing:
so, like what 3kiddos has mentioned, be firm and consistent. I sincerely hope that your kid' will say bye bye to the lazy eye in 9months' time(or even lesser.. like the old grandma's!!) :love:

[malka]

Herald who is turning 3 years old in August has lazy eyes as well… he is hyper active thus I doubt he will allows me to patch that perfect eyes of his. I’m just taking him for outdoor to see far and near and hope the greenery is able to help to cure his lazy eye…

[3kiddos]

twinklejoy:

3kiddos:

[quote=\"twinklejoy\"]Hey chatelaine, you see, 3kiddos' dd1's lazy eye is cured! :rahrah: Hooray!! That's so encouraging, isn't it? :dancing:

so, like what 3kiddos has mentioned, be firm and consistent. I sincerely hope that your kid' will say bye bye to the lazy eye in 9months' time(or even lesser.. like the old grandma's!!) :love:

Thanks, twinklejoy. Just to clarify... dd1 still needs to wear glasses for astig correction. Just that when her astig was first diagnosed, even with the glasses at the right degree, she couldnt get 6/6 vision in that eye - which showed that it's truly a \"lazy\" eye.

oic Thanks for the info too!
but her lazy eye is cured right? only to wear glasses to correct astig, tio boh?[/quote]Sorry for the late reply. Yes, her lazy eye is 'cured' in the sense that she now can see clearly with both eyes, whereas the paed eye doctor said all these years, she was probably relying on the good eye while the other one doesnt focus properly. We were very diligent with the patching, even when she was upset by it initially. The doctor was very pleased and full of praise for her during our monthly visits, which encouraged her as she hated the patch and was also very embarrassed about having to wear glasses. I since ditched my own contact lenses and bought nice spectacles for both of us so we'd be a \"pair\" and she'd be just like mummy

[3kiddos]

malka:

Herald who is turning 3 years old in August has lazy eyes as well... he is hyper active thus I doubt he will allows me to patch that perfect eyes of his. I'm just taking him for outdoor to see far and near and hope the greenery is able to help to cure his lazy eye..

Hi malka, if he's been diagnosed with lazy eye and the doctor has recommended patching, it's best that you try your best to get him to comply. The point of patching is to force the use of the weak eye. As long as he can rely on his good eye to see clearly, it doesnt really help whether you're indoors or out. My dd did protest, cry, try to remove the patch initially but we persisted daily until she got used to it. Some days, I just had to be firm, others with a little bribe (like a small treat if she kept it on 4hrs straight) or a promise that she cd be patch-free on Sunday if she was good all week.

Doc recommended doing near work with her while her patch was on, like reading or watching TV. Besides, my dd would never leave the house with the patch on (she hated people looking at her). I just tried to keep her occupied during patching so she'd be distracted and forget that it was there. Initially, she felt really tired because it was really like having to work an eye that had been underused for 5 yrs. Just sharing my experience.

[chatelaine]

Hi


I just brought my DS for his eyes checkup at KKH. Dr. diagnosed him with astig and not lazy eyes. Dr. said he has to go for another round of checkup 8mths later to see if there’s a need for glasses.

As to the eyes appearance that I mentioned earlier on, Dr. said maybe have to wait till he’s older and his nose bridge formed then can know both eyes focus straight.

[3kiddos]

chatelaine:

Hi


I just brought my DS for his eyes checkup at KKH recently. Dr. diagnosed him with astig and not lazy eyes. Dr. said he has to go for another round of checkup 8mths later to see if there's a need for glasses.

As to the eyes appearance that I mentioned earlier on, Dr. said maybe have to wait till he's older and his nose bridge formed then can know both eyes focus straight.

Great that you found out Nothing to worry about for now. Yes, for astig, might not need glasses if degree not high. For my dd's case, she has quite high astig in only one eye, thus turned into a lazy eye. So no choice have to wear the glasses to correct vision in that eye.

[chatelaine]

Hi 3kiddos


DS left eye diagnosed with 200 astig and right eye 150. Is it considered high?

3kiddos:

Great that you found out Nothing to worry about for now. Yes, for astig, might not need glasses if degree not high. For my dd's case, she has quite high astig in only one eye, thus turned into a lazy eye. So no choice have to wear the glasses to correct vision in that eye.