Eye Glasses: Infant
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Vision Therapy??? Really? Does It Work?
Asked by N.A. from Seattle
on July 12, 2010
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Anyone ever had to go through our put their child through vision therapy? My 3yr old has strabismus (not constant, but her eyes will turn inward) and we've done the pa...
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- I did vision therapy with Kathleen Kinney's group for about 6 months. My goal was to improve my vision. Through the therapy and the exercises they gave me to practic...
- A friend of mine had her 5-6 year old in vision therapy for a few months. The problem wasn't lazy eye, it was that she couldn't track things properly. You would be ta...
- I don't know but if you want to consult with a vision therapy group, Kathleen Kinney in the Melbourne Tower on third ave in downtown work with kids for vision therapy....
Infant Eye Test
Asked by T.S. from Philadelphia
on February 12, 2011
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My daughter is 6 weeks old. Last week when I had her at the Dr., the Dr. noticed that her eyes have a tendency to cross when she is focusing on something (doesn't happ...
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- Seems young to me BUT if our doc suggested I take our kid, I would. I always like to be on the safe side and be pro-active. My daughter has a lazy eye and I was told...
- Hi, T.: Give it some time, you'll know. D.
- I remember the guideline for growing out of strabismus being 6 months. I took my daughter twice to check it around that timeframe just to check it because she had occ...
1 Year Old Has a Weak Eye Muscle
Asked by M.B. from Philadelphia
on June 1, 2008
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Hi Everyone,
The other day my 1 year olds right eye started to turn inward. I took her to see the Dr. They said that some children still developing will get a lazy ey...
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- M. My oldest of four kids had the same thing. His eye turned inward and down toward his nose, around the time he was? 20 months or so. Yes....definitely get in to see...
- My son also has astigmatism in his right eye. He was diagnosed with it when he was about four years old. I took him to a peditric opthamologist and she started him w...
- M., My son is 8 months old and we had teh same problem. I started to notice more around 6 mo of age. We also took him to a pediatric opthamologist. He said our son ...
Lazy Eye
Asked by E.M. from Denver
on April 6, 2010
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My 2 year old has a lazy eye. And not a subtle lazy eye either. We've patched her other eye, done the blurring drops in the good eye, so now her vision in both eyes ...
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- Keep in mind this was 22 years ago but I had this surgery at age 3. I did the who patch thing and drops for a few years after as well to try to correct my vision and h...
- My daughter just has this surgery in January...she is also 2 years old. My daughter didn't need patches or drops as her vision was fine. She had not lost vision in t...
- Didn't you already ask this on Friday?
Tearing Eye
Asked by L.F. from Chicago
on August 1, 2007
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My 1 year old son's left eye has been tearing up the last few days and when he wakes from sleep he has little crusties in the corner as well. At first I thought it wa...
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- My daughter has a clogged tear duct, and the symtoms are exactly as you describe. The only difference is that she's had hers since birth, and most other people who's b...
- My daughter had the same thing and they said pink eye, a few days of drops and it was gone. Good luck if you do get drops to put in....it was like holding down a lion...
- My daughter had that and the cause was a blocked tear duct. I had to massage the corner of the eye where the tear duct is located and apply an ointment that her doctor...
Eye Lid
Asked by M.E. from Davenport
on January 10, 2011
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my daughter fell on statue outside and her eye is almost swallen shut wht svhould i do
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- Put ice on it and if it is bleeding (or just looks really bad) take her to urgent care.
- ice pack can help but you have to consult a doctor if it is really swollen and red...
- take her to the Doctor and follow recommendations. After, go get some warm cocoa with marshmallows and snuggle with her in the blankets and comfort her :)
Pink Eye?
Asked by E.M. from Denver
on November 28, 2010
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My 2.5 year old has a bright red patch/spot under her eye...at first we thought it was a bruise. Her eye is also tearing, slightly bloodshot and goop is collecting in...
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- We use colloidal silver, which you can buy at Whole Foods or at a health food store (not Vitamin Cottage though). Put some on a cotton ball and wipe the *closed* eye w...
- It sounds like pink eye , if not then it could be a sty. My kids had pink eye once and I spoke to the pharmacy about OTC meds and because it was for a child they said ...
- you need to go to the pediatrician because if its bacterial pink eye your daughter needs a prescription. OTC is only for viral and allergic pink eye relief.
Lazy Eye
Asked by R.P. from Los Angeles
on March 9, 2011
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I am starting to notice a lazy eye in my four year old daughter. It seems to have started within the last couple of months. She has an eye doctor appointment next week...
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- i don't think so @ hair in face...but you'll get that question answered next week. if it helps any, i teach and one of our middle school students has had a lazy/cocked...
- Nope it's not her hair. I had a lazy eye and now you can't tell. Relax, and wait for the appointment, the Ophthalmologist should tell you everything you need to know...
- NO. It is a muscular problem. Often the eye can be trained to straighten up and move as the other eye does. It requires daily exercises and a mini-trampoline. She b...
Pink Eye
Asked by R.O. from Atlanta
on August 24, 2008
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It's midnight, any relief ideas for a 4 year old with pink eye?
Motrin for the pain. Cold packs for eyes. Anthing else?
Thanks :)
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- If she will let you, a Q-tip soaked with hot water and scrubbed along the inside bottom lid and the lashes along the top help to rid the follicles of crusted mucus. Th...
- Not cold packs. Use warm compresses and then call the doc. Make sure there is nothing in the eye, allergies, or maybe a scratch. WHen you say pain I think of a scratch...
- If it doesn't go away go see the eye dr definitely.... A warm wash cloth will wipe away the icky wet stuff and the crusty stuff. This is what I've done for myself. ...
Eye "Boogers"
Asked by L.M. from Houston
on December 30, 2010
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My little one was sick for a week and was on anitibiotics and now she is all better but now she has slightly red eyes and is producing many "eye boogers" and when she ...
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- Use a wash cloth with warm water to keep it clean from those "boogers." Clean it as often as she needs it. This has kept my kids healthy many times. Good luck!!
- I get them all the time. I went to the Dean McGee Eye Institute in OKC and after checking my eyes and stuff they said it was from very dry eyes. I get some tiny vials...
- my daughter had eye boogies after she was born, the pediatrician told me that it might just be her tear ducts.. so just massage right under your baby's eye and wipe wi...
