All About Kids' Eye-sight
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sometimes, I have to say not all doctor has the ethics.
like I brought my dd to a clinic yesterday for common cold.
he gaves me para(for fever), cough, and running nose medicine, but my daughter doesn't have running nose. I told her I have fever medicine at home. then the nurse asked: \" you still have a lot ah, so you don't want? ok, loh\".
I was like \" :? -
precious3:
did the optometrist confirm on this?Hi all,
Apparently excessive eye rubbing can affect the degree of the astigmatism. -
Hiya precious3, I think that your boy got into the habit of rubbing his eyes was becos he couldn’t see well due to his astig. I hv quite severe astig, and it would be best describe as blur vision, not like you can’t see as in myopia, but jus can see sharply enough, so the tendency to rub your eyes to "see" clearer.
Modern kids/adults are constanly engaging in short distance eye straining activities like between homework, with their PSP/computer/handphone/tv, etc. Which is luminated background and very fast speed movements which causes eye fatigue and often when engaged in such activities, your eyes don’t blink which is its natural way of rest.
Avoid long period of short distance work (like reading, homework, computer, tv, etc) Got to rest the eyes preferably every 30 mins when engaging in such activities. By resting, a simple eye shut for 10 mins is good enough, as I do understand that its not possible to rest too long when doing homework, or else cannot complete in time… -
sashimi:
No la..we brought her for injection..and the paed noticed about her eyes..he referred us to eye specialist.. it's true they can detect she has slight astimatic.. we just have to monitor her.. her astimatic is about 50-70 at the age of 3..( do not need to wear spec yet) before that, when she was 5 mths old..the reading is about 50 i think..( can't remember all the details..) I am just wondering the test that they conduct for child care and kindergarten, are they as comprehensive? can they detect even astimatism or just short sightedness?...Sorry, I just have to say it. Sometimes when I read such stories I think it's the paed who's just trying to, literally, \"find fault\". To earn money? Of course. To have something to say? Probably. To make sure you're paying him for what it's \"worth\"? Yeah ok.... I dunno.
I mean, 5 months? At 5 months a baby's body and organs are still developing, ok.
Be careful with what these doctors say. -
amylqf:
Yes, was told this by the optometrist we saw at the SHC as well as the one at the optical shop....
did the optometrist confirm on this?precious3:
Hi all,
Apparently excessive eye rubbing can affect the degree of the astigmatism. -
MLR:
Hi MLR,Hiya precious3, I think that your boy got into the habit of rubbing his eyes was becos he couldn't see well due to his astig. I hv quite severe astig, and it would be best describe as blur vision, not like you can't see as in myopia, but jus can see sharply enough, so the tendency to rub your eyes to \"see\" clearer.
Modern kids/adults are constanly engaging in short distance eye straining activities like between homework, with their PSP/computer/handphone/tv, etc. Which is luminated background and very fast speed movements which causes eye fatigue and often when engaged in such activities, your eyes don't blink which is its natural way of rest.
Avoid long period of short distance work (like reading, homework, computer, tv, etc) Got to rest the eyes preferably every 30 mins when engaging in such activities. By resting, a simple eye shut for 10 mins is good enough, as I do understand that its not possible to rest too long when doing homework, or else cannot complete in time....
Tks for the tip! I've asked my DS why he rubs his eyes and he says its because they are itchy.... could also be because of the lack of blinking like you mentioned. The optometrist told me to get him some eye drops to see if it will help.... Will have to give that a try! -
Hi there
From what I know, the screening at the kindergartens are part of the National Myopia Prevention Programme (by HPB)
The tests used only measure visual acuity (how well or clearly a person can see). It does not measure myopia (shortsightedness). This is because there are many reasons why a person cannot see properly. However, myopia is the most common cause of poor visual acuity in Singapore.
And yes, there are cases of spontaneous improvement. My parents and sister are all myopic and need to wear glasses. I was told at 7y old that I was shortsighted but my optician (amazingly) advised me to do without for a time. He suggested that I 'train' my eyes to focus far and then near. I am now 35 and have never worn glasses. But that's just one case lah
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About using eye drops. When you are getting them from the pharmacy, preferably get those that are in single dose, cos it prevents contamination. Its easier to bring around and safer to use (don’t hv to worry about tip touching eye and cross contaminate, etc).
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jnlmommy:
I believe it is the right way to improve myopia by training the eye to see far. You optician is very unusual compare to optician nowadays.Hi there
From what I know, the screening at the kindergartens are part of the National Myopia Prevention Programme (by HPB)
The tests used only measure visual acuity (how well or clearly a person can see). It does not measure myopia (shortsightedness). This is because there are many reasons why a person cannot see properly. However, myopia is the most common cause of poor visual acuity in Singapore.
And yes, there are cases of spontaneous improvement. My parents and sister are all myopic and need to wear glasses. I was told at 7y old that I was shortsighted but my optician (amazingly) advised me to do without for a time. He suggested that I 'train' my eyes to focus far and then near. I am now 35 and have never worn glasses. But that's just one case lah
May I know how your optician told you to train your eye to focus far and near?
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precious3:
Yes, was told this by the optometrist we saw at the SHC as well as the one at the optical shop....
Just to share. My son used to rub his eyes very often. We asked him why and he told us that his eyes were very itchy. Then he started to blink his eyes very frequently too. So we brought him to an eye specialist to have his eyes checked. We told the specialist that we worried his frequent blinking of eyes will become a habit .The specialist told us that constant blinking of eyes in children is actually not a habit. There are reasons to his constant blinking & rubbing of eyes. 1st one is he cannot see clearly, 2nd is the eyelashes may have got into his eyes. 3rd reason is due to sensitive and dry eyes. So after checking my son's condition, he falls into the 3rd reason, i.e. he got sensitive & dry eyes. So to rectify this problem, he needs to be on eyedrops everyday. The specialist says this is not a serious condition, but just that it will be a lifetime treatment.
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