All About Kids' Eye-sight

[sall]

deminc:

sall:

I read some articles that staring at greenery does not help to control myopia. As long as we look at any distant object, the eye muscles will relax and that's enough. Of cos, if there is greenery in the distance, it is even better as the scenery is also relaxing for the mind. But for most of us staying in flats, it's not always possible, so just look around at any distant objects, buildings, trees , mrt tracks...

Eh... I think concrete jungle cannot replace Nature right? Manmade things are usually monotone and uniform, nature is dynamic and comes in several shades, heights and forms. Simply by chasing butterflies, spotting lizards and scanning a natural environment to look for things utilises many more vision skills than say playing in the void deck. Some of the HDB playgrounds are very nicely done with lots of greenery around. Maybe that will do instead of travelling to a park?

What I meant is after a period of near-work, the eyes are so tired and we just need to focus on distant objects, whatever they are, to relax the eye muscles. I don't mean the type of activity we should do.

[LadyBug3]

Help, my kids’ eyesight is worsening! Now DS1’s degree is 300 plus, last year was 200. I make him watch tv from quite a distance. Look out at the green but nothing seems to help. Is it anything to do with the food he eats?

[sall]

LadyBug3:

Help, my kids' eyesight is worsening! Now DS1's degree is 300 plus, last year was 200. I make him watch tv from quite a distance. Look out at the green but nothing seems to help. Is it anything to do with the food he eats?

It is usual for kids' degree to go up very fast, because they're all growing fast. If you read through the previous posts, you can have some idea what parents are doing to help their kids.
Food does not affect the rate of myopia progression.

[peapot]

Can I just check where can I get this atropine treatment for my girl? She is 8 this year and has 400 each eye. Would it be useful for her? Where can I seek consultation? Any recomm?

[MyBaby]

Only eye doctors (opthalmologist) can prescribe atropine treatment. You might wish to discuss with your DD’s opthalmologist the next time you bring her for review.

[jasmineong]

How does atropine help? Does it make the degree go down?

[peapot]

Well, I heard that this eye clinic quite good. Stan Issac. Any reviews?

[sall]

jasmineong:

How does atropine help? Does it make the degree go down?

Atropine only controls the progession of myopia. The degree may go down a little.

[jasmineong]

sall:

jasmineong:

How does atropine help? Does it make the degree go down?

Atropine only controls the progession of myopia. The degree may go down a little.

Thanks sall for the info. Everytime I come to ksp, I learn something new.

[cimman]

am considering eye exercises program to help my child’s worsening myopia problem. Do they help at all? some people say their child’s degree dropped from 400+ to 200+ and if you’re at the 200+ level, you will not have wear glasses after the exercises. It has to be done every hour though and strengthen the eye muscles.