Dear Sankan


What was written on the prescription given by HPB? I presume it’s a myopic prescription if they asked your child to wear it for distance activities.

I agree it is hard for you to monitor your daughter when she’s in kindergarten. I would advise you to let her wear the glasses in school full time. When she returns home, she can use them as stated. If the glasses is correctly prescribe, it will not worsen her eyes.

I will bring her back for an eye test in 6 months time. In the meantime, you might want to limit her time on handheld devices ie ipad, smartphones. As well, bring her outdoors to play one hr a day is all you need. But not between 11 to 2 where the sunlight can be damaging to a developing eye.

Dear patntee,


Great!

A child may consider what they see as normal and therefore would never complain that he/she is not able to see clearly. Some children may exhibit signs such as 1) squinting, 2) going closer to the board, or 3) bringing books closer when the vision problem reaches advance stage.

It may be important to have your child see the optometrist again- approximately in 6 month’s time (after her first pair of glasses). This will allow you to monitor for any prescription worsening.

All the best!

Dear coccomie


Vision follows the "law of improvement" for a child. A 6 year old child is expected to see 6/7.5. The larger the denominator, the weaker the eyesight. Her right eye (6/12) is better than left eye (6/19).

If the testing is done correctly, her predicted glasses prescription should be right eye (-0.50 D, or 50 degrees) and left eye (-1.00 D, or 100 degrees).

Hope it helps!

Dear patntee,


In my experience, kids may fail these vision screening for many reasons. Often they may not understand the instructions. These screenings are usually conducted by nurses. A fail would mean that your daughter needs a full eye test. It does not necessarily mean she needs glasses. I would bring her in for an eye test. If your daughter is 7 or younger, she needs to see an optometrist, not optician.

Hope that helps!