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Eye Patch for a Six Year Old
Asked by M.S. from Chicago
on March 3, 2009
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My six year old recently started eye patch therapy. He is supposed to wear the patch for two hours a day. We have done it for three days, and he has only been able t...
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- Hi there- My son also started patching at around 4 years of age. It was very difficult especially since he was legally blind in his right eye. We had to patch his...
- Find some way to make him do it. My dad didn't make me wear my patch and now my vision is terrible in the eye that needed therapy. No kid wants to wear a bandaid over ...
- hi karen, my daughter started needing a patch at 6 last year and wasnt real excited about it. i first tried the "pirate" cover... not even knowing there was a glasse...
Eye Patches and Amblyopia
Asked by C.W. from Minneapolis
on April 21, 2008
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My 4 year old daughter just got diagnosed with amblyopia and was prescribed glasses. The Pediatric Optomitrist we saw does not believe in eye patches, just glasses, bu...
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- I agree, you have some excellent advice given already. I just wanted to offer a little bit of support. My son has worn glasses from the time he was 6 months old. He u...
- We have had a lot of success with patching. If you consider another opinion you may want to try the pediatric opthamalogists at the Fairview University of Minnesota C...
- I would suggest going to an opthamologist and getting a second opinion. An optometrist mainly works with corrective lenses, whereas the opthamologist works with eye d...
