JethroLam\" post_id=\"1935028\" time=\"1568283061\" user_id=\"166633:

Thank you. Nothing to be worried about I guess. Over worry some times.

JethroLam\" post_id=\"1935008\" time=\"1568276834\" user_id=\"166633:

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1934831\" time=\"1568186665\" user_id=\"28674:

[quote=Estéema post_id=1934822 time=1568183296 user_id=66413]I’ve cataract & waiting to remove it in a procedure which then hopefully get my sight into perfect and not more myopia, which MIL did & she’s so proud to hv no more worries. Looking fwd.

Same for my parents. They had their cataracts removed a couple of years ago. But they were about 80 when they had it done - long way more for me.

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1934831\" time=\"1568186665\" user_id=\"28674:

Estéema\" post_id=\"1934822\" time=\"1568183296\" user_id=\"66413:

I’ve cataract & waiting to remove it in a procedure which then hopefully get my sight into perfect and not more myopia, which MIL did & she’s so proud to hv no more worries. Looking fwd.

Same for my parents. They had their cataracts removed a couple of years ago. But they were about 80 when they had it done - long way more for me.

Estéema\" post_id=\"1934822\" time=\"1568183296\" user_id=\"66413:

I’ve cataract & waiting to remove it in a procedure which then hopefully get my sight into perfect and not more myopia, which MIL did & she’s so proud to hv no more worries. Looking fwd.

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1934805\" time=\"1568178975\" user_id=\"28674:

Estéema\" post_id=\"1934793\" time=\"1568176481\" user_id=\"66413:

Usually adults’ astig are alr stabilized.

Not for all though. My astig axis shifts constantly, not by much, but enough to affect my vision somewhat. I've got used to always seeing things slightly out of focus! It's been this way since I was a child. My myopia increased steadily till I was in my 30s (when I became a SAHM, if not, it would probably have kept on increasing!). But one of the benefits of age seems to be that my myopia has been decreasing since my late 40s. My degree has come down to about 300 from a high of 500 20 years ago. And my presbyopia has been increasing over the years too. Basically, I have almost never been able to see clearly.

Estéema\" post_id=\"1934793\" time=\"1568176481\" user_id=\"66413:

Usually adults’ astig are alr stabilized.

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1934772\" time=\"1568172032\" user_id=\"70594:

Esteema,
what type of prescription did hospital do - as in they help to make the lens and glasses or we can
take the accurate info & go outside to make the glasses n nicer frame?
astigmatism make night driving vision lousy mine was due to bad habits, so my degree is low.. but still irritating

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1934777\" time=\"1568172974\" user_id=\"70594:

yah thats my current way - coz my degree not high , but i do know some who are bad.

i curious whether hospital do help to make glasses (?) heee....

i have myopia + astig + lao hua soon - dunno normal optician can help or not ?

now i am wearing contact lens + light lao hua (those market one) if i m reading v small prints (eg scripture ) in low light

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1934776\" time=\"1568172565\" user_id=\"28674:

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1934772\" time=\"1568172032\" user_id=\"70594:

Esteema,
what type of prescription did hospital do - as in they help to make the lens and glasses or we can
take the accurate info & go outside to make the glasses n nicer frame?
astigmatism make night driving vision lousy mine was due to bad habits, so my degree is low.. but still irritating

You can get glasses for astig at any optician. No need to go to hospital for the prescription.

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1934772\" time=\"1568172032\" user_id=\"70594:

Esteema,
what type of prescription did hospital do - as in they help to make the lens and glasses or we can
take the accurate info & go outside to make the glasses n nicer frame?
astigmatism make night driving vision lousy mine was due to bad habits, so my degree is low.. but still irritating

Aloysius Lam\" post_id=\"1934746\" time=\"1568165679\" user_id=\"181020:[quote=\"Aloysius Lam\" post_id=1934746 time=1568165679 user_id=181020]
Hey guys. I am a 15 year old in hci and I recently went to an eye specialist to check my eyes and realused that I have astig 300 on both eyes. The specialist told me that it was completely due to my parents genes and that I could not do anything other than get lasik surgery at age 21. Is there anything you guys can recommend me to do to not worsen the situation or improve it? Any help would be kindly appreciated![/quote]

cherrygal:

J and J:

Agreed. all children are born with astigmatism normally more than 200 degrees, and some children will out grow of it when they reach school age but some do not and stay as higher as 200 - 300 degrees or above. With such high degrees, the child is highly possible to develop lazy eye and if this happens only in one eye, it may lead to squint too.

J & J, with this possibility of the astig self-correcting, should kids be wearing corrective glasses or not? There was mention by someone earlier that a boy's astig went away by itself at P2 (assuming no glasses were worn at all).

Cherrygal, prescribing spectacles to veryyoung child (like preschooler) is an intervention mainly to prevent or treat amblyopia( lazy eye- a condition the vision is below standard(6/6) even with spectacles correction or treating a squint (cross eyes)
The lazy eye means even the image in the eye is sharp, but the brain does not recognise it as sharp image so the child still cannot percieve a sharp image. In such a young age, the brain is still learning how to perceive an image from the eyes. If such learning process is disturbed, then there's chance to develop lazy eye which may lead to squint if one eye is more serious than another eyes.
If a child shows sign of having lazy eye and or squint, then spectacles is first line of treatment regardless how much their degrees are.
There's always possibility for a child have their astigmatism subsided when reaching school age, but no one knows who this child will be. So sorry I can't answer you regarding this, eye care professional would able to know which child is at risk to have amblyopia or squint and do the intervention .

My preschooler is wearing her glasses now but I worry that the astig may never go away totally since her eyes now \"depend\" on the glasses for clearer vision. Advice?

How much degree of astigmatism does your child have?Does your child have other refractive errors ( myopia or hyperopia)? The most important is his/her corrected vision ( vision with the spectacles), attain 6/6?
In most of the cases, astigmatism won't increase as drastic as the myopia. It rarely hit 1000 degrees like myopia.
But we still have to watch out for any onset of myopia when the child starts schooling. As myopia has more impact on the eye than the astigmatism.
People are frightened by the degrees only, but I think the most important is how well you can see even spectacles is more important. As there's way to remove the degree, when they reach adulthood, but if your corrected vision is not good, even you remove the degrees, you still can't see well. I do not mean neglecting the increase in degrees but it should come after the vision.
That's only my personal view.

J and J:

Agreed. all children are born with astigmatism normally more than 200 degrees, and some children will out grow of it when they reach school age but some do not and stay as higher as 200 - 300 degrees or above. With such high degrees, the child is highly possible to develop lazy eye and if this happens only in one eye, it may lead to squint too.

cherrygal:

Doc said all kids have some mild form of astigmatism when born. The condition corrects itself later on. But if more than 100 degrees, it is not that mild any more. I have astig of 125 degrees in one eye and already I see halos and light glare at night. Numbers don't appear clear etc.

Agreed. all children are born with astigmatism normally more than 200 degrees, and some children will out grow of it when they reach school age but some do not and stay as higher as 200 - 300 degrees or above. With such high degrees, the child is highly possible to develop lazy eye and if this happens only in one eye, it may lead to squint too.

If your child seems to lose interest in reading or counting, it could be due to the fact that he/she can't see properly. Some think it is an attention problem but it is actually due to eyesight.

Imami:

J and J:

Apart from relax the eye muscle, the drug also dilates the pupil as well. The strength depends on the types of drugs they use. For children, they may use the drug with stronger eye muscle relaxation effect, while for the adult, they use the drug with mild eye muscle relaxation but fast acting dilation effect to make the pupil larger for the fundus (internal eye) examination.

j and j, you sound very knowledgeable in this aspect. An you share with us, what/how should we do if we suspect our children are shortsighted or having some sight issue which require glasses?