Eye Surgeon: Preschooler
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4 Year Old with Cavities
Asked by C.B. from Washington DC
on October 25, 2008
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I am looking for other mother's experiences with the filling of cavities in children. I took my son to have it done and the whole experience to me seemed ridiculous (w...
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- It's been 11 years since my son, now 15, had his first dentist experience, but I clearly remember it because I was so impressed with the dentist and his assistant. Th...
- C., I've been there and done that with my now 6 yr old, she was also 4. We tryed the same thing as you, she got so sick vomiting and a fat lip. Then our dentist, recom...
- C., My daughter has deep groves in her molars, and had to have three fillings. She was four when we had the fillings done. A woman dentist did her fillings (small...
Trigger Thumb Surgery for (Almost) 3 Year Old
Asked by C.G. from Indianapolis
on May 11, 2009
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My daughter has just been diagnosed with Trigger Thumb, and the surgeon wants to "release" her tendon next Tuesday. Has anyone heard of this, and has anyone had this h...
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- Hi C.. My son didn't have trigger surgery, but he had ear tubes and a dental procedure done at the same time. I was also worried about the anesthesia. He had his surge...
- I actually had trigger thumb surgery way back in the early 80's as a 6 year old. I had no complications and now have full use of my thumb, in fact, it is quite double...
- I haven't heard of it happening in someone so young before. But someone I work with had a trigger finger, and her chiropracter was able to "work it out" without surg...
Infant and Surgery
Asked by C.R. from Chicago
on August 23, 2006
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My son was born with an extra thumb on his left hand. I was told that this is not too unusual (about 1 in 1000 births.) It is not affecting his health or development...
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- Hi C., My oldest son, now 7, had polydactaly on both hands and feet. He had extra pinkies on his hands and feet. Both my husband and I had never seen ths before, ...
- My family had a situation with my baby girl where we could either have surgery performed right away (5 months old) or wait until she was older. It was a condition tha...
- Both of my sons have had surgery before or right when they turned one. My youngest for tubes, my oldest for a hemangioma on his neck that would get knocked open and w...
Surgery on a Little One
Asked by B.S. from Philadelphia
on February 2, 2009
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My 9 month old was born with a birthmark/mole on her face. Not very large, but definitely noticeable. We've spoken to the pediatrician, a dermatologist and Children's ...
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- my little guy has had 2 surgeries one when he was 6 months (open heart), and one when he was 2 1/2 for his phrenulum to be clipped because it was causing speech proble...
- I was born with a hemangeoma (extra blood vessels, making it swollen and red) on my nose. I had to wait until I was five to getit removed. It definitely affected my co...
- As a mother whos daughter has had a hemangioma on her chin beside her lip, I did not want it removed. Unlike yours, my daughters will prob disappear by the time she is...
My Son Has an Awful cough....again!
Asked by A.G. from Dallas
on October 30, 2007
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My 3 year old son has an awful cough, sounds almost barky. He had it a few weeks ago and we tried Singulair along with vaporizor and plug ins. Oh, and some Tussin DM...
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- I have twin 3 y/o boy/girl twins too and my son got this last year... it's either croup, which can last a few days un treated, asthma, or even allergies... my son fina...
- I know that other mama's have said it sounds like croup, but if he had the same thing last winter...It may be that he has bronchitis? My son used to get a horrible ba...
- Hi... My daughter who is almost 3 has the same problem. I have taken her to the doctors so many times and they all say its probably allergies (use claritin, flonase, ...
Port Wine Stain vs Angel Kiss
Asked by A.L. from Dallas
on February 22, 2012
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My daughter was born with red vascular birthmark on her nose. It goes from the outside of her right eyebrow (between her eyebrows) to the middle of her nose on her bri...
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- Obviously I have no idea what your daughter has. But my daughter was born with a few angel kisses, but they aren't on her face. Hers are much smaller than you descri...
- A., my DD was born with a PWS that covers her left cheek - temple to nose. We waited until she was in pre-school to have it treated - we then went thru 6 laser surg...
- my nephew had one that sounds a lot like your daughters his went away closer to one, it started to fade but going back to look at pictures i can see it. It would get ...
Strawberry Hemangioma
Asked by J.M. from Boca Raton
on April 17, 2009
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My 4 1/2 month old has a strawberry hemangioma on her hairline in the center of her forehead. It doesn't bother her, but it bother me so much. It is red and very rai...
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- my daughter had 6. If you can endure it - it will go away. the two biggest ones she had went away first. I would say after the first 9 months they started going dow...
- Hi J., Well,neither of my kids have had this, but it seems like you've gotten a lot of responses specifically about hemangioma and the surgical options there. I did ...
- My daughter has a Strawberry Hemangioma on her bottom, so it is less visible. The pediatrician has told me that it should disappear during her childhood. However, she ...
Contacts
Asked by A.T. from Boca Raton
on June 26, 2008
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We just came back from the peds eye doctor.My daughter failed her eye exam at school.I have been concerned about her eyes since she was just a toddler but the doctors ...
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- Hi A., I can't imagine trying to get contacts in my son! I think that you should decide what will work best for you. I think other posts raise good points to th...
- A., I hope this can help. A friend of mine with bad eyesight used this exercise and over a few years she regained her sight and doesn't use glasses anymore. Its an e...
- Hi A.. Can I ask where did you take your to? I can only recomment Dr. Cardone in Weston, FL. He actually saw my daughter when she was born in November. He diagnosed he...
My Son Crosses
Asked by N.S. from Philadelphia
on May 28, 2007
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Hi, So at around 7 months my son was diagnosed with strabismus and the doctors told us that glasses should correct the crossing. And we should see a difference within ...
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- Hi, my 3 year old daughter has the same problem. She got her glasses about a year ago. Her left eye crosses. We moved here last fall and I just took her to the new ped...
- Hi, I wish I had found out that my son had a serious eye problem when he was that young. I noticed that sometimes his eyes looked crossed but most of the time he was...
- Hi N., My five year old daughter crosses in both of her eyes. She has been wearing bifocals since she was 2. She was borderline on having surgery, but her ped. ophthal...
Strabisimus?
Asked by K.W. from Philadelphia
on April 2, 2008
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Hello. My 18 month old daughter's left eye has been moving inward at times over the past few months, and her pediatrician would like her to see a specialist. Althoug...
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- K. - I had strabismus surgery as a child and it worked wonders for me. Prior to the surgery there were other therapies that I underwent, eye patching, exercises, e...
- All three of my children had Strabismus. All three have had surgery to correct it. My daughter actually had 2 surgeries to correct it. My 2 year old had surgery at ...
- Dear K. I have not experienced this with my own children, but do have several family members with this problem. My sister still has a problem because my parents we...
