All About Kids' Eye-sight

[pokemon]

Herbie:

Pinhole glasses can get it from guardian pharmacy. My son is using the myovision and his degree did not increase for the padt two years.

herbie,

Glad to hear your son degree did not go up after using myovision. Im still monitoring my ds degree, now stil v low, on normal lens. Our optician ask us to go back for check 3mths later, if theres an big increment, we can try myovision to control it. So im keeping my fingers cross.

[pokemon]

Anyone can share their experience, if its necessary to remove glasses when doing near work and only putting on when looking far for the case of myopia. After reading thru this forum, i realised some recommend to put on glasses at all time and some say when necessary....???? Im at a loss.. :frustrated:


If the kids is on myovision lens, does it mean the glasses can be put on all the time, since its suitable for near work too?

Tia

[mother777]

aqualuna:

hi mother777

hope all is well for you

im in dilemma now if to let my dd2 (k1) to wear glassess. her eye power is 200 each eye. as parents, hubby and myself hv experienced that since childhood, our eye power constantly go up at every eye review.

my dd2 seems ok with everyday activities without the glassess, but of cos i also worry that it will do her worse without the glassess.

yes agree, as parents we get more worried about health of our kids..hope your DD2's eyesight gets better..

as such, me and my hubby do not wear spectacles.. both our families have history of wearing spectacles only after 40++ age.

but now a days kids at young age are getting eye problems.. i think it has more to do with working/studying indoors without natural light..kids do not get much time to play outside..
so the eye is so much strained..
also kids are getting very picky at what they eat..less veggie, more snacks..more of T.V..Computer..etc..

my DD1 told me yesterday evening, \" mummy Teacher told me that I may need to wear spectacles. so today at canteen I bought carrots with my noodles to eat\".

I was so touched after hearing this. Poor kid ..anyway lets just do our best..
now I can blackmail her to eat her veggies..or maybe sneak some more into her dinner plate at nite :evil:

[tjoseph833]

actually … there are specific genes that predisposes us to myopia (esp chinese). so when the enviroment is ‘right’ - i.e. closed env, reading too much, not much outdoors … this gene triggers the eye to be myopic and elongates …


so when we say our parents don’t have myopia … thats not exactly true … because the environment didn’t trigger myopia gene in them. some ppl just don’t have the genes for myopia and remain without glasses however much they read or stay indoors.

so the whole idea is to change the enviroment and make our kids eyes relax … stress due to blurring, over studying and strain causes the myopia to increase. myopia is prevented when kids are outdoors it seems (atropine and ortho-k does the same it seems). until gene theraphy is proven or some new breakthrough eye drops (without side effects) … we are at nature’s mercy … and more questions …

[Herbie]

pokemon:

Anyone can share their experience, if its necessary to remove glasses when doing near work and only putting on when looking far for the case of myopia. After reading thru this forum, i realised some recommend to put on glasses at all time and some say when necessary....???? Im at a loss.. :frustrated:


If the kids is on myovision lens, does it mean the glasses can be put on all the time, ie its suitable for near work too?

Tia

No need to remove glasses fo reading

[mother777]

tjoseph833:

actually ... there are specific genes that predisposes us to myopia (esp chinese). so when the enviroment is 'right' - i.e. closed env, reading too much, not much outdoors ... this gene triggers the eye to be myopic and elongates ...


so when we say our parents don't have myopia ... thats not exactly true ... because the environment didn't trigger myopia gene in them. some ppl just don't have the genes for myopia and remain without glasses however much they read or stay indoors.

so the whole idea is to change the enviroment and make our kids eyes relax ... stress due to blurring, over studying and strain causes the myopia to increase. myopia is prevented when kids are outdoors it seems (atropine and ortho-k does the same it seems). until gene theraphy is proven or some new breakthrough eye drops (without side effects) ... we are at nature's mercy ... and more questions ...

well may be you are right..
but we are not chinese as such (Singpore Indians :boogie: ) and I am not sure how our genes are working

main culprit is my DD1 herself.. she is a bookworm like me ( i read until 2pm/3pm each night)..

even though she says she is tired and wants to sleep.. she cannot fall asleep until she reads book.. :scratchhead:

when we go out or visit other places.. at night she will complain that she cannot sleep because no book to read at bed time.. :skeptical:

LOL..may be need to monitor her activities closely..
now a days I make her get some rest between her reading/writing..take her to play ground few times a week..

hope there is more research into myopia for our kids sake..

[Herbie]

hi mother777

u hv a pm

[mother777]

Herbie:

hi mother777

u hv a pm

Hi Herbie,
thank you..I have replied to your pm.
:thankyou:

[24hr-mum]

my gal on normal lenses only. heard astig can b ctl too. my dd2 also k1 n 200 deg but she refuse to wear. duno how

[24hr-mum]

i got pinhole glass frm guardian yrs back but wasnt diligent in usg. got to try again