All About Kids' Eye-sight

[Herbie]

ctct61t:

Herbie:

fyi,cost of myovision lens and frameis 350dollars.

Hi Herbie, how is myovision lens working on? Can this lens prevent eyesights getting worse? I'm really headache of my DD's eyesight. spent a lot of efforts and money to improve it...sigh, no much improve till now.

It has been one year plus since my son wore the myovision lenses. His degree did not increase so far so good.

We went to get it from holland optical, look for sam. I complained to my family doc abt my ds's frequent complain of headache and he recommeded me to look for sam cos he is very experience and he will pescript the right degree it will not result in frequent headache.

Hope u find the info useful.

[Busymom]

ctct61t:

Thanks busymum for your sharing.

How long it can last with 1 pair of lenses?
can you share the shop you go for the Ortho-k lenses? Thanks a lot.

We went to Point Optical group (there are a number of branches but the owner will always go to the branch to attend to you if you are taking the Ortho-K lenses). I think people have been saying the lenses can last a couple of years, if you don't lose or break it...
Besides, I think fundamentally, the child's eyesight has to be maintained at around the same level, which so far from the track record of those around me, it seems to work (note there could always be exceptions).

[8228]

My ds1 and dd are both myopic. Hoping to find a solution for them, I read through all the 79 pages here. The reading strains my eyes and I am now totally confused. Ortho-K, altropine, pin-hole, eye exercise, wolfberries, blueberries, chrysanthemum, carrot etc.??? Which is the best? After so many years, why can't HPB find a solution?? :mad: :rant: :stompfeet:

[Busymom]

8228:

My ds1 and dd are both myopic. Hoping to find a solution for them, I read through all the 79 pages here. The reading strains my eyes and I am now totally confused. Ortho-K, altropine, pin-hole, eye exercise, wolfberries, blueberries, chrysanthemum, carrot etc.??? Which is the best? After so many years, why can't HPB find a solution?? :mad: :rant: :stompfeet:

2 months ago, I also read through all the pages here... until I think my own myopia also deteriorated... :stupid:

You have got to think about what would work best for yourself and your children - the lifestyle, the costs of various options, and in the case of Ortho-K, not every child is suited to wear (it is afterall a kind of semi-hard lenses). It would be difficult for anyone to prescibe a standard solution as everyone is different. From those who have shared here, altropine seems to work very well, but if parents are not willing to administer the liquid bearing in mind some of the inconveniences with regard to glare, etc., there should be other methods for these parents. Similarly, there are parents who do not want to take the risk of wearing Ortho-K lenses in case of eye infections. There is no one size fits all.

[8228]

Busymom:

8228:

My ds1 and dd are both myopic. Hoping to find a solution for them, I read through all the 79 pages here. The reading strains my eyes and I am now totally confused. Ortho-K, altropine, pin-hole, eye exercise, wolfberries, blueberries, chrysanthemum, carrot etc.??? Which is the best? After so many years, why can't HPB find a solution?? :mad: :rant: :stompfeet:

2 months ago, I also read through all the pages here... until I think my own myopia also deteriorated... :stupid:

You have got to think about what would work best for yourself and your children - the lifestyle, the costs of various options, and in the case of Ortho-K, not every child is suited to wear (it is afterall a kind of semi-hard lenses). It would be difficult for anyone to prescibe a standard solution as everyone is different. From those who have shared here, altropine seems to work very well, but if parents are not willing to administer the liquid bearing in mind some of the inconveniences with regard to glare, etc., there should be other methods for these parents. Similarly, there are parents who do not want to take the risk of wearing Ortho-K lenses in case of eye infections. There is no one size fits all.

I believe HPB has done some research on those products available in the market. Shouldn't they publish the findings like the effectiveness, possible side effects etc. so that parents could make better decision? HPB has been doing annual eye check in kindergartens and schools. More children are found to have myopia and at younger age too. The situation has not been improving at all. Have they done any reasearch on possible causes like whiteboards in the school etc.? What are the findings? Just feel helpless for my kids......

[tankee]

here is the link to HPB's webpage on eyecare including myopia.


http://www.hpb.gov.sg/eyecare/default.aspx

[8228]

tankee:

here is the link to HPB's webpage on eyecare including myopia.


http://www.hpb.gov.sg/eyecare/default.aspx

Standard information we all know. I'd like to know HPB's views on Ortho-K, altropine eye drop, pin-hole, eye relax etc.?

[tankee]

There isn’t one solution for everyone, and whatever solution one choose, it must couple with proper eye-care for higher success rate.

[bezzlay]

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]My DS2 has inward eyelids that causes the eyelashes to rub on the cornea. So DS2 always rub his eyes and now doc recommend surgery to push the eyelids outward. Otherwise, there will be permanent scar on the corneas. Did your DS go for any surgery?

[jedamum]

bezzlay:

My DS2 has inward eyelids that causes the eyelashes to rub on the cornea. So DS2 always rub his eyes and now doc recommend surgery to push the eyelids outward. Otherwise, there will be permanent scar on the corneas. Did your DS go for any surgery?

bezzlay,
my ds did not go for surgery. his eyelash is quite long, so now i guess it did not affect him as much. only when he is sick and has sticky eyes, do i see that portion of the lashes sticking (obvious) to his eyeball.
yes, i heard about needing to do surgery for severe cases. maybe you wanna get second opinion first?