Glaucoma: Child
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How to cure tearing eye in toddler?
Asked by T.N. from New London
on May 9, 2008
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My 20mos. old daughter's right eye has been tearing for over a month now. I brought her to the ped. yesterday to get it checked and he is sending her to an opthamolog...
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- my son's eyes have been doing that since birth.. some kids have allergies that make that happen, some have blocked tear ducts.. Make sure you go to a pediatric optham...
- My friend's son had a blocked tear duct with the same symptoms. They tried medication and massaging of the duct area near the inside corner of the eye. They finally ...
- i know this sounds scary but i have the same problem and after scanning my eyes a billion times with those scary orange drops in my eyes my opthamologist asked me if i...
Dog Allergies in Small Child
Asked by S.R. from Chattanooga
on February 6, 2011
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My almost 5-year-old son is allergic to my 12-year old dog. In the winter months, he has a lot of trouble with chronic sinusitus and I'm sure it's from the dog allerg...
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- Hi S., I was allergic to dogs (and many other things) ALL my life until I detoxed my home. I know that sounds funny but when I removed all the things that broke dow...
- Wow this is a tough one. I would really balk at getting rid of my elderly pet as well. As others have suggested your son's allergies might not be the dog or only the ...
- I so feel your pain, as I am an allergy sufferer and know that my dog (recently had put down due to health) and my cat affect me. I hate not having respite in my own ...
Friend Has Mean Child
Asked by B.R. from Washington DC
on November 11, 2006
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I have a very good friend that has 2 children and 1 on the way. Her oldest child has Sturge-Weber Syndrome. This has caused her to have port wine stains on different a...
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- Hi B.! Boy, don't you just want to scream at both the mom and the child! The best thing for your child (and your sanity!) is to just disassociate yourself with this ...
- I have a friend who has a baby with downs and my best friend meet her and keep telling me that if she would have been pregent with a downs baby she would have had a ab...
- I have to say that you are GREAT!! Teaching your son to love everyone even if they have port wine spots and a eye patch, that little girl is blessed to have a friend l...
Eye Tubes
Asked by C.W. from New York
on April 2, 2008
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My 5 year old daughter had eye probing but the procedure did not work. The next procedure is tubes in the eyes for 6 months. Has anyone had a child with this? If yes...
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- HI C.! DONT READ MY MAIL TO OFTEN SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP. BUT MY SON HAD THE EYE PROCEDURE DONE TWICE! BUT HE WAS BORN w/THE GOOPY EYES & HE IS NOW 21 MTHS OLD. ...
- Hi C., I'm retired from a college medical school ophthalmology department. I would highly recommend you get a second opinion from a doctor - pediatric ophthalmologis...
- Eye tubes, or shunts are a treatment for a vision condition called "Glaucoma" where the fluid pressure inside the eye builds up. It will cause blindness if not correct...
Pediatric Opthalmologist
Asked by D.D. from Detroit
on December 30, 2011
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Does anyone in the Macomb/New Baltimore area know of a good eye doctor that I can take my almost 3 year old? SVS vision can't see her because she doesn't know her let...
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- I took my almost 4 yo (at the time) to my local pearle vision and he didn't need to know his letters. They checked his vision and for color blindness and this year did...
- Dr. Edward O'Malley is awesome! He is at Henry Ford in Grosse Pointe Park. I also live in the Macomb/New Baltimore area and I wouldn't take my kids anywhere else. It...
- Dr Lawless in Chesterfield is great. The staff is friendly and he is nice as well. He actually checked both of my kids' eyes for free before they were age 1 as part of...
Strabisimus or Eye Issues
Asked by D.G. from Corpus Christi
on June 20, 2008
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To everyone and anyone who has had eye problems or issues...
My little boy that is now two years old will be wearing glasses for an extended amount of time and I have...
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- I have a 6 yr old that has glaucoma and she also developed strabisimus. She has had several surgeries for glaucoma and she also has had the strabisimus surgery. We t...
- My 5 year old daughter has Accommodative Esotropia. We see Dr. Musgrove at the Houston Eye Association. She has had this since she was 3. She has gone through many ...
- My little boy is 8 years old and we've been treating it since he was two. We go to pediatric opthomologist O.B.Jackson in Austin, who also did the surgery when he was...
2 Yo Son Says His Eye Hurts
Asked by K.C. from Washington DC
on December 4, 2011
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My 2 year old son says that his eye hurts. He has been saying it for a couple of days. Not constantly, but regularly enough that I am thinking of taking him to the d...
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- Just curious when your son tells you it hurts? About two weeks ago my 2 yr old was saying his eye hurt too. I too looked and again didn't see anything wrong with it....
- Maybe it is a stye? Is it in the back of his eye or on his lid? Also, did a friend mention having a "sore eye"? If kids notice someone getting attention from an ail...
- I 2nd not messing about. It could "just" be a scratched cornea or it could be a flesh eating infection (one of my SILs just had that, the only symptom was pain and a *...
Eye Doctor
Asked by E.M. from Phoenix
on January 6, 2012
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I have terrible eyes but my husband has perfect vision. I started getting severe migraines in middle school which led to contacts. Turned out I had really bad vision ...
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- We never messed around with eyes. All my kids saw a pediatric ophthalmologist at birth then at 6 months, 12 months and yearly after that. I have congenital cataracts...
- With your problems your children are more likely to also have vision problems. My husband and I both have had our own problems, so we are trying to be aware of our da...
- The sooner the better! My daughter had a lazy eye that could have been fixed in months if we knew when she was a toddler. At age 5 it was diagnosed and took 2+ years...
Breastfeeding While Pregnant
Asked by E.E. from Washington DC
on January 5, 2009
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My son is now 15 months old and I am 18 weeks pregnant with our second child. My son still breastfeeds twice a day. Has any one out there nursed while pregnant? Did...
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- You are not alone. I nursed my older daughter until I was in my second trimester with my second daughter. It was exhausting for awhile but my first started eating baby...
- My son was twenty-something months when I got pregnant with our daughter. I continued to nurse him but like you, it was basically morning, night-time and nap time. I...
- I nursed my daughter all through my second pregnancy, at least twice a day. After my son was born, I breastfed both of them for 8 months, until the baby quit on his o...
My 3 Year Old Keeps Rubbing His Eyes...
Asked by N.P. from Seattle
on April 23, 2010
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i've noticed my son has been rubbing his eyes for about 4 weeks now, but doesn't really complain about it. I'm thinking it might be the pollen? has this happened to an...
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- If it's allergies, grapeseed extract can help too.
- First take him to your ped. They will do a preliminary exam. It could be allergy or it could be something else.
- Check with the pediatrician, but my son was doing the same thing and Zatidor eye drops really helped. For him it was pollen. He is also 3.
