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Advise on Child Wearing Glasses
Asked by A.J. from Spokane
on July 11, 2008
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I have a 1 year old who has Amblyopia, Strabismus & hyperopia. He was wearing a patch over the good eye but recently decided he will no longer wear one. We have never...
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- Hello, my daughter was diagnosed with this at 18 months. We did the patching for about a year, with little success. Around 3 she had surgery to tighten the muscle, i...
- Hi A., Our 2 year old is farsighted and has to wear glasses. The trick that I found worked for us was we would tell him that he couldn't read without his glasses b...
- My son started wearing glasses at the age of 2 for Amblyopia. We too had to patch his good eye. He struggled at first. Then, we tried my mother-in-law's suggestion....
8 Year Old Wearing a Contact Lens
Asked by R.W. from San Francisco
on May 3, 2009
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I have an eight year old boy (almost 9) who wears a contact lens in one eye. Glasses are not an option. He also has an eye patch he wears at home for about an hour a ...
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- It is so great that he is wearing a patch and a contact!!! When I was younger I was not taken to the eye-doctor until 7th grade - "too late" for the amblyopia with wh...
- I started wearing glasses when I was 5, contacts by 6th grade, and went through hard lenses, gas-permeable, soft, and am now in disposables. Even now I have days wher...
- I've been wearing contacts since 1986. When I first got lenses, I had to try out many different kinds to find one that fit without discomfort. Recently, they discontin...
20/40 Vision - Are Glasses a Necessity When You're 4?
Asked by C. from Dallas
on June 24, 2009
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I recently took our 4 year old daughter to have her vision tested as part of the regular wellness program recommended by her pediatrician, and was VERY surprised when ...
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- With all due respect to your ophthalmologist, 20/40 is acceptable vision for a 4 year old. I'm not sure, but perhaps the lenses are recommended because of the astigma...
- Dear C.: Except for the astigmatism, that's my daughter's vision. My daughter is 13 and entering 8th grade next year. She has glasses that she only wears for seei...
- It is up to you, but as a child whose parents didn't feel it was necessary until later, like 7th grade, later, the lack of vision manifested in poor grades (how could ...
Blurred Eye Glass Lenses Instead of Eye Patch.....
Asked by K.B. from New York
on March 18, 2009
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My 3 1/2 year old has been wearing eye glasses since he was a 1 1/2 yr old. We tried an eye patch for corrective purposes but he just will not wear them. We have trie...
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- We had this with my daughter at the same age. She was OK with the patches but after a while they were not improving things any more so the eye doctor gave us the drops...
- When I was a little girl, I also wore first a patch and then had the lens blurred on my glasses with clear contact because the patch was uncomfortable and the muscle p...
- Both of my four year old twins wear glasses --just this week at our regular visit to the opthomologist -she said she wants us to patch them for an hour a day -both of ...
Son Needs Eye Exam and Possible Glasses... (Revised)
Asked by A.H. from Detroit
on February 25, 2009
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Hubby and I believe our son is in need of glasses - I am wondering where would be the best 'kid-friendly' and cost-effective place to go? Son is four, and we are requ...
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- Childrens Eye Care is fantastic! It would be a little bit of a drive for you but well worth it. Dr. John Baker was who we started with there but he is now in a chief ...
- you really want to take him to an opthamologist... a medical dr that specializes in eyes.. he could have a lazy eye or some other condition Conrad giles is a pe...
- I took my lil one to Dr. O'Malley, he was amazing...awesome with lil ones. Works with all the NICU babies from St John Hospital; but mine lil one went to him for possi...
Any Eyeglasses Available on Germany Bases?
Asked by M.B. from Stationed Overseas
on June 17, 2008
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My son is extremely nearsighted and has a very high prescription strength for his glasses. We are in the Rotterdam area, and have been here one year. After his most ...
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- Hi M. I highly recommend this website http://zennioptical.com/cart/home.php I have bought several pairs of glasses from this website (the $8.00 ones) and have bee...
- I would recommend trying the Internet for inexpensive glasses. There is an article about buying glasses online at http://www.43folders.com/2007/11/29/adventures-40-eye...
- My daughter also has a very high prescription but hers is for far sightedness.....Go to the optical shop in Grafenwoehr....I spent $200.00 thats it. The only thing th...
Affordable Eye Exam & Glasses
Asked by R.G. from Dallas
on December 8, 2008
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My daughter is coming home from college and needs an eye exam.
Can anyone recommend an affordable place to go(contacts & glasses, too).
I live in SW Arlington--but w...
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- I don't know about an eye exam, but I found a really cheap online place for glasses. It is zennioptical.com They have glasses starting at $8 and really cheap upgrades ...
- I went to walmart for my exam and then ordered my glasses from 39dollarglasses.com they are really cute and have lasted along time. They came wth a hard case and a lit...
- I go to WalMart. It's convenient. They have the dr.'s office right next door to the vision center where you can purchase glasses / contacts and it's not bad at all. ...
