All About Kids' Eye-sight

[Karl12]

Hi all,


Not sure if this is the right place to post.
My boy had this block eye duct problem which will strike once every few weeks.
It’s either one his upper or lower eye lid. Consulted a eye specialist in TTSH and was told there’s nothing we can do except to clean his eye lid daily.
When he grow up, he can go for operation to remove the block duct.

Anyone has this problem?
Appreciate if I can have some advises from experience parents.
Thanks.

[24hr-mum]

wont eye drop eg antibiotic eye drop help?

[Karl12]

Hi 24hr mum,

Initially when we went to PD, they always prescribe us with the anti biotic eye drop.
THen i heard a friend mention that such eye drop will cause the "eye lining" (not sure if i get the term correctly) to go thinner, esp for small children.
So i got scare, and stop applying.
Somemore when i dont apply, its takes a long time to recover.
Yet i dont wish to damage his eyes lining.

[24hr-mum]

hmm i m not sure what to do too.

maybe u can try get another opinion. the pd that i usu trusts is dr heng, children’s medical centre, at blk 177 toa payoh central. 63540662
u may want to consult her.

[leafiewonder]

Dear All,

My 4.5 yo son has been experiencing constant headaches for past 1 month + already. Recently tested his vision, and he is a bit myopic from Snellen chart testing. Autorefractive test showed -1.0/-1.0.

Devastated, because none of us have eyesight issue (hb perfect vision, myself -1.25/-1.5 only started using glasses after 18 yrs (then only -1.0).

My questions:

1. He almost always sleeps very late at night (after 11.30pm) & wakes up at 7.20am for K1 pre-school. Is that a factor?
2. Not intending to send him to opthalmologist yet for testing as he is phobia of eyedrops and after all we know his visual acuity (from Snellen) is around 75-100. Is that alright? Thinking maybe end of the year visit to eye Dr then.

Truly appreciate your kind comments, my heart goes out to all children (and parents) of "premature" myopes!

[HAPPYH]

leafiewonder:

Dear All,

My 4.5 yo son has been experiencing constant headaches for past 1 month + already. Recently tested his vision, and he is a bit myopic from Snellen chart testing. Autorefractive test showed -1.0/-1.0.

Devastated, because none of us have eyesight issue (hb perfect vision, myself -1.25/-1.5 only started using glasses after 18 yrs (then only -1.0).

My questions:

1. He almost always sleeps very late at night (after 11.30pm) & wakes up at 7.20am for K1 pre-school. Is that a factor?
2. Not intending to send him to opthalmologist yet for testing as he is phobia of eyedrops and after all we know his visual acuity (from Snellen) is around 75-100. Is that alright? Thinking maybe end of the year visit to eye Dr then.

Truly appreciate your kind comments, my heart goes out to all children (and parents) of \"premature\" myopes!

Where did you test his eyes? Optical shop??? Polyclinic?? Why need to wait until the year end. I will suggest you go and see pediatric opthamologist. When I bring my daughter to SNEC, I saw kids as young as 3 years old there. So dont worry about eye drops. Of course, smaller kids were shouting and crying while putting the eye drops, but only for a short while. I think the nurses can manage that.

PS: My DD has myopia as well (detected only recently). We regreted for not detecting early. Now it is -2.5.

[24hr-mum]

how old is ur dd, happyh?

i believe late nite is a factor cos i read somewhere tat the eye not enuf rest.
i m contemplatg pinhole glasses at hm, normal glasses at sch, n eye mach at hm.
anothr cause is lack of outdoor as in field (not shoppg ctr) cos only field or park for the eyes to see far n relax eye muscles

[cherrygal]

Pls see a proper eye doctor. Dun waste money on those supposed kids optometrists or opticians. I went to both and the readings were terribly different. The kids optometrist’s readings were so off and scared the living daylights out of me… and this guy was more expensive than the eye doc…


when my kid did the refraction at the eye doc, the readings were more acceptable for a small child…

I only wanted a second opinion from the "specialist" kids optometrist (recommended by some parents in this forum), but ended up wasting money on readings that even he was not confident about. So pls dun go if your kid is too young to verbalise properly.

[HAPPYH]

24hr-mum:

how old is ur dd, happyh?

i believe late nite is a factor cos i read somewhere tat the eye not enuf rest.
i m contemplatg pinhole glasses at hm, normal glasses at sch, n eye mach at hm.
anothr cause is lack of outdoor as in field (not shoppg ctr) cos only field or park for the eyes to see far n relax eye muscles

My DD is 8 years+, P3. Yes, She usually sleeps late around 1130 or 1145 pm and watches too much TV. And yes, not much outdoor activity. I am really guilty for all these things. :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

[HAPPYH]

cherrygal:

Pls see a proper eye doctor. Dun waste money on those supposed kids optometrists or opticians. I went to both and the readings were terribly different. The kids optometrist's readings were so off and scared the living daylights out of me... and this guy was more expensive than the eye doc...


when my kid did the refraction at the eye doc, the readings were more acceptable for a small child...

I only wanted a second opinion from the \"specialist\" kids optometrist (recommended by some parents in this forum), but ended up wasting money on readings that even he was not confident about. So pls dun go if your kid is too young to verbalise properly.

I agree. I felt more comfortable after i went to SNEC to see the specialist.

PS: After SNEC prescribed the degrees, the optician at the optical shop said that it is good to check again. I allowed her to check and she came up with slightly more degrees. We rejected that and went for SNEC prescriptions.