All About Kids' Eye-sight

[barney8]

markfch:

Yeah sall, saw him. Very good business he's having. Had to wait for an hr to see him.


He gave us a book - authored by him - about eye care for kids though (for free). So I'm not complaining

hi, is dr ho good? how much is ur child's myopia?

[beeb]

My DS has been under atropine drop for the past 1 year and his myopia has been under good control. Before the program, his degree increased at a frightening 200-300 rate yearly!


Doc advised to keep him in program for another year till his early teen. Hope he can complete by next year.

[Marylampsg]

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[thetinyseed]

Marylampsg:

Sometimes I pity those kids who have to wear glasses at such a young age. It must be a pain to see adorable little kids have myopia and astigmatism. 

Hi Marylampsg and all here,
Not all kids who wear glasses have myopia or astigmatism. Some kids need to wear glasses because they have a visual impairment, and wearing glasses help them see better. A kid I know have this condition, and it pains the parents when others make unwarranted comments about their child.

[isabella.026990zola]

beeb:

My DS has been under atropine drop for the past 1 year and his myopia has been under good control. Before the program, his degree increased at a frightening 200-300 rate yearly!


Doc advised to keep him in program for another year till his early teen. Hope he can complete by next year.

How much do you pay for this?

[beeb]

isabella.zola:

beeb:

My DS has been under atropine drop for the past 1 year and his myopia has been under good control. Before the program, his degree increased at a frightening 200-300 rate yearly!


Doc advised to keep him in program for another year till his early teen. Hope he can complete by next year.

How much do you pay for this?

If I remember correctly, $600 for a one year program, which includes 6 follow up checks n consultation + 12mths supply of eye drops. On top of the mentioned, child needs to wear glasses with progressive and transition lenses which is more costly. Personally think it is still worth it as my DS has not change his specs for the last one and half year.

[cutiemax]

My 6yo girl has just been found to be myopia( -1.25 on each eye) 2 weeks ago. My heart sank as I had taken preventative measures since young. However, I do agree that there were times when she strained her eyes to do her work/read. I want to find alternatives to wearing glasses as it is not a solution to help myopia. In fact, I find it worsen myopia but can't explain why until I found some research on how glasses worsen myopia.


We have been using a single lens to see different distances. However our eyes are like a camera that zoom in and out effortlessly. The lens used in glasses are good for 20feet away( 6m) and each time we used it for shorter distance it is incorrected used, straining our eyes and in turn worsen myopia ( my opinion). The board in class is usually 2-3 metres away. We should have different lens for different purpose RATHER than a single lens for different distance.

http://www.i-see.org/eyeglasses_harmful/chap5.html

I have decided to delay the used of glasses for my girl. In the meantime, we make many changes to our daily lives in hope to help her vision improve. We did eye exercises, sun our eyes, consume lots of fruits and veggies that are good for eyes. We reduce night activities to the minimal and only do eye related activities during the day. We changed our sleeping patterns, waking up an hour earlier since they now sleep at 8pm instead of 9pm. It has been 2 weeks and I have been using DIY eye chart to \"test\" her vision. There seem to be slight improvement. I have arranged for a eye retest in a week's time. Wil see how it turn out.

If I really need to get her glasses, I will make sure the lens are just nice for classroom settings rather than 6m.

[barney8]

beeb:

isabella.zola:

[quote=\"beeb\"]My DS has been under atropine drop for the past 1 year and his myopia has been under good control. Before the program, his degree increased at a frightening 200-300 rate yearly!


Doc advised to keep him in program for another year till his early teen. Hope he can complete by next year.

How much do you pay for this?

If I remember correctly, $600 for a one year program, which includes 6 follow up checks n consultation + 12mths supply of eye drops. On top of the mentioned, child needs to wear glasses with progressive and transition lenses which is more costly. Personally think it is still worth it as my DS has not change his specs for the last one and half year.[/quote]
6 follow up checks which mean check every 2 months? which eye doc u went to?

[barney8]

hi cutiemax, where did u learn the eye exercises? i wan to do it for my girl too. Is there a len just for classroom distance? pls advise. thanks

[cutiemax]

Hi OrangeBelt,


For eye exercises, I got it from http://www.improvemyopia.com/. We tried all exercises except the first one. Dun quite understand it. Also, we will close our eyes and \"sun\" them in the morning. Also we do \" near and far \" focus by looking at the grass before looking faraway trees.

I have also bought a book stand for reading. Noticed that the max distance between book and eyes is just 30cm(no matter how well a child sit).However, with a bookstand, the distance is doubled , 60cm. I will ask my girl to use her arm as a guide. Reading is also more comfortable with a book stand.

Fyi, I am also shortsighted(-1.5 on right and 0.75 on left) myself for the past 25 years. I used to need my glasses after hours without it. Now, I am totally \"glasses less \" for 2 weeks and my eyes are no longer tired without glasses. So I guess we need to use our eye muscles to make it stronger like other parts of our body too.