All About Kids' Eye-sight

[clarabella]

Just want to remind parents: teach your kids to be careful around anyone holding pencils/pens/rulers/anything with a sharp point. Even a book held at a wrong angle can be dangerous.

Once, my DD waved a book about and suay-suay a corner of the book went right into my right eye when I bent my head near hers. I ended up seeing a GP AND going to the A&E. Turned out that there was a l-o-n-g laceration on the cornea - the pain was incredible. Even now, two years later, my right eye still smarts now and then and tears like mad when it’s dry/smoky/hazy. I think it has never fully recovered and probably never will.

[HappyAvon]

Hello there, just brought my 4.5 yrs old girl to Gleneagles to see the Paediatric eye specialist yesterday since we suspected she has eyesight problems and outside optician oso confirmed she had myopia. Was so shocked to know that her degree is 400 and 325 respectively with astig of 50 and 75 deg....The dr immediately prescribe glasses and was told to get her to wear at all times except sleeping for 2 months and to go back for review.....

Thot of buying the eye relax machine to help her and wondering whether anyone has good feedback?? Pls help!!!!

[HappyAvon]

HappyAvon:

Hello there, just brought my 4.5 yrs old girl to Gleneagles to see the Paediatric eye specialist yesterday since we suspected she has eyesight problems and outside optician oso confirmed she had myopia. Was so shocked to know that her degree is 400 and 325 respectively with astig of 50 and 75 deg....The dr immediately prescribe glasses and was told to get her to wear at all times except sleeping for 2 months and to go back for review.....

Thot of buying the eye relax machine to help her and wondering whether anyone has good feedback?? Pls help!!!!

anyone there has any good feedback on the eye relax device?? Wld appreciate comments...Thanks!

[Lynn2]

Hi all


Just wanna find out anyone experience similar situation like my DD.

She always complaint eye pain altho there is nothing wrong with the degree of the glasses that we make for her.

Could it be due to not enough sleep?She always sleep past 11pm and up at 6.30am.thanks

rgds

[luckystar]

I experienced the eye pain too, and it is nothing to do with the degree. Finally I found out it is because of the brightness of the computer screen, please go and adjust it !

[miracleg]

Lynn2:

Hi all


Just wanna find out anyone experience similar situation like my DD.

She always complaint eye pain altho there is nothing wrong with the degree of the glasses that we make for her.

Could it be due to not enough sleep?She always sleep past 11pm and up at 6.30am.thanks

rgds

Many fcactors lead to the eye pain.You must pay more attention to control her watching TV and using computer time. Especially the child who has the myopia.

[Full.010894Cream]

actually i feel children shd use some sort of ‘progressive’ lens since alot of time they are doing near work (homework, reading, computer) and do not need full correction.

[DUDU]

Hi


Can you explain what is progressive lens and is it same as positive lense? Anyone experiencing improvement using this lens? Are these lens need prescription and where can get these lens?

Also, Guardian is selling the pinhole glasses and this type of glasses can be used to correct minor degree of myopia and astig. Anyone heard of it or tried using it?

Please advise as my children failed for eye test during 4 years old assessment and I am very worry about thier eye condition.

[vfong1]

Should I send my 3 or 4 year old kids to check on their eye sights?

[mummy of 2]

vfong1:

Should I send my 3 or 4 year old kids to check on their eye sights?

I guess it will be good. There is a compulsory eye-check in Kindergarten but if you go for eye-check earlier, you can find out if there are problems that you need to address.

We found out by accident that DS1 has high astigmatism when he was 3. He is now wearing glasses to help him see better and as a prevention against lazy eye. We would not have known if we didn't bring him to see eye specalist for what we thought was eye infection. His eye-sight might have worsen by K1 if we did not find out early.