All About Kids' Eye-sight

[schweppes]

jedamum:

hi schweppes,

thanks!
ds2 rather forgo watching tv than wear specs.
the only time he agree to wear is when playing computer.

Might be a blessing in disguise? He watches less TV and less strain to the eyes. Maybe get him to read story books instead or bring him to the park/playground. Actually being at the park/playground will help strengthen his eye muscles.

[MyBaby]

Hi jedamum, could your DS be having sensitive eyes as he frequently rubs his eye?


My DS has that problem as there is history of ecmeza in the family. It was picked up by the opthalmologist by accident. During one of the health checks when he was in K2, we were told to bring him for follow up to check for lazy eye. Towards the end of the consultation, I casually mentioned to the opthalmologist that DS likes to rub his eyes. She did a check and said that he has sensitive eyes. So he is now on an eye drop too.

jedamum:

my K1 eye-degree is from 150-200. but he does not like to wear his specs and keep rubbing his eyes. he will throw tantrum if i insist that he wear his specs if he wants to watch tv. he said he can see, but i can see he is a bit squinting. how ah?

[jedamum]

schweppes:

jedamum:

hi schweppes,

thanks!
ds2 rather forgo watching tv than wear specs.
the only time he agree to wear is when playing computer.

Might be a blessing in disguise? He watches less TV and less strain to the eyes. Maybe get him to read story books instead or bring him to the park/playground. Actually being at the park/playground will help strengthen his eye muscles.

i don't think TV is the result of his poor eyesight. what i gathered from optician is that kids who likes to read suffers more eyesight issues.
my ds2 is an active child. he is always working on something. reading, doodling, playdoh and recently lego (he constructs his own designed vehicle and modifies them with other loose pieces). with little rest in between these nearwork activities, we are losing the battle against myopia. he cannot stand having nothing to do (very much like his dad!)
agree that playgrd is good. we make it a once-a-weekend trip to the playgrd. not able to go more often. because he reached home around 3pm from kindergarten, 3-6pm is ds1's homework time and my cooking time, dinner at 6pm and then the sky gets dark. could be better when ds1 starts his CCA and commits to 3x aweek staying back in school; then i can bring ds2 to playgrd outside ds1's school before fetching ds1.
trying to give him carrots more often. hope it'll help.

[jedamum]

MyBaby:

Hi jedamum, could your DS be having sensitive eyes as he frequently rubs his eye?


My DS has that problem as there is history of ecmeza in the family. It was picked up by the opthalmologist by accident. During one of the health checks when he was in K2, we were told to bring him for follow up to check for lazy eye. Towards the end of the consultation, I casually mentioned to the opthalmologist that DS likes to rub his eyes. She did a check and said that he has sensitive eyes. So he is now on an eye drop too.

jedamum:

my K1 eye-degree is from 150-200. but he does not like to wear his specs and keep rubbing his eyes. he will throw tantrum if i insist that he wear his specs if he wants to watch tv. he said he can see, but i can see he is a bit squinting. how ah?

MyBaby,
sensitive eyes? not sure. he has sensitive hearing (he can hear us whispering or talking a distance away and felts upset when we laugh/speak a notch volume louder). how does the eye drop helps?
should i be concerned and what implications if i did not seek further help? when he was younger, he has ingrown bottom eyelashes on one eye. thanks for highlighting.

[MyBaby]

eh, afraid can't help much here. My DS has sensitive eyes as he was always rubbing his eyes so when you mentioned that your DS rubbed his eyes too, I thought to share with you regarding my DS' condition, just in case you want to explore further how to get him to stop rubbing his eyes.

jedamum:

MyBaby:

Hi jedamum, could your DS be having sensitive eyes as he frequently rubs his eye?

My DS has that problem as there is history of ecmeza in the family. It was picked up by the opthalmologist by accident. During one of the health checks when he was in K2, we were told to bring him for follow up to check for lazy eye. Towards the end of the consultation, I casually mentioned to the opthalmologist that DS likes to rub his eyes. She did a check and said that he has sensitive eyes. So he is now on an eye drop too.
[quote=\"jedamum\"]my K1 eye-degree is from 150-200. but he does not like to wear his specs and keep rubbing his eyes. he will throw tantrum if i insist that he wear his specs if he wants to watch tv. he said he can see, but i can see he is a bit squinting. how ah?

MyBaby,
sensitive eyes? not sure. he has sensitive hearing (he can hear us whispering or talking a distance away and felts upset when we laugh/speak a notch volume louder). how does the eye drop helps?
should i be concerned and what implications if i did not seek further help? when he was younger, he has ingrown bottom eyelashes on one eye. thanks for highlighting.[/quote]

[Elissa Shadley]

Maybe it is not the best option to control the kids' myopia. If you want to control the eyesight of your child, you had better ask him to care more about the daily use of the eyes. No matter how effective the atropine is, it will do harm to the health.

But you need not worry too much. If you stop using it now, everything is not too late.
:dancing:

[barney8]

Elissa Shadley:

Maybe it is not the best option to control the kids' myopia. If you want to control the eyesight of your child, you had better ask him to care more about the daily use of the eyes. No matter how effective the atropine is, it will do harm to the health.

But you need not worry too much. If you stop using it now, everything is not too late.
:dancing:

what harm does it cause the health?

[sall]

Elissa Shadley:

Maybe it is not the best option to control the kids' myopia. If you want to control the eyesight of your child, you had better ask him to care more about the daily use of the eyes. No matter how effective the atropine is, it will do harm to the health.

But you need not worry too much. If you stop using it now, everything is not too late.
:dancing:

Atropine is the last resort and it's the only way to control children's myopia. It is impossible for us to control without any medical intervention. Asking him to take good care will not bring the degree under control. I'm sure a lot of parents agree with me on this. We are all panicking when our kids' degree keep increasing. This is not because they didn't take care, or they watch too much tv or use too much computer. The kids are growing very fast, and so their eyeballs also grow, according to the doctor. This is the reason why their degree go up so fast.
Did you read from somewhere that atropine will do harm to the health? Can you share with us any articles about this?

[MyBaby]

Agree with sall. DD's degree went up last year due to puberty. The consolation was it went back to the same degree when she first started atropine which was more than 2 years ago. So in a way, atropine helps to maintain her degree over these years. Imagine without atropine, her degree would have been rather alarming for a 12 year old - with the onset of puberty, plus her ferocious reading, plus bad genes.


As a parent, of course, I worry about the long term effect of atropine. DD's opthalmologist is frank about it and informed me during the start of the treatment that this treatment is rather new and there is no longituidinal study on this. We decided to let her try and so far, we have been happy with atropine controlling her myopia, but of course if there are new findings or better ways, please let us know!

sall:

Elissa Shadley:

Maybe it is not the best option to control the kids' myopia. If you want to control the eyesight of your child, you had better ask him to care more about the daily use of the eyes. No matter how effective the atropine is, it will do harm to the health.
But you need not worry too much. If you stop using it now, everything is not too late.
:dancing:

Atropine is the last resort and it's the only way to control children's myopia. It is impossible for us to control without any medical intervention. Asking him to take good care will not bring the degree under control. I'm sure a lot of parents agree with me on this. We are all panicking when our kids' degree keep increasing. This is not because they didn't take care, or they watch too much tv or use too much computer. The kids are growing very fast, and so their eyeballs also grow, according to the doctor. This is the reason why their degree go up so fast.
Did you read from somewhere that atropine will do harm to the health? Can you share with us any articles about this?

[barney8]

Elissa Shadley:

Maybe it is not the best option to control the kids' myopia. If you want to control the eyesight of your child, you had better ask him to care more about the daily use of the eyes. No matter how effective the atropine is, it will do harm to the health.

But you need not worry too much. If you stop using it now, everything is not too late.
:dancing:

Of cos all other ways have been used first and no good results then resort to atropine treatment. Otherwise, which parents would wan to take the risk. For myself, i have tried other ways concurrently hoping that i dun have to use atropine. I was so troubled by it that when i talk about using atropine i would cry. It's hard to understand unless you are in the same shoes