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13 Yr Girl with Bad Eye Sight Needing Help with Organization in School.
Asked by C.B. from Billings
on October 9, 2007
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I have a 13 year old that has sever eye problems. Not blind, but each of her eyes works independently and it has caused her to have tunnel vision no peripheral vision...
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- I remember how hard it was to focus on school work when I started jr. High. I can imagine it is nearly impossable for your daughter. She may have an easier time if s...
- Hello, first off let me say your daughter does not have to have a "learning disabilities" to qualify for for aid threw an IEP her physical disability alone makes her q...
- Another option....pull her out of public school and homeschool her. Maybe being home and being able to work at a slower pace to be able to gather her thoughts and work...
Weakness in Daughter's Eye
Asked by L.J. from Birmingham
on July 26, 2009
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Our daughter has an eye that has started dropping a little to the point where she sort-of has to raise her forehead/eyebrows and blink to get it to open fully. It bec...
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- i would get an appointment with a pediatric neurologist. you should have plenty in birmingham. could be a bell's palsy or something that will resolve relatively soon...
- Hi LJ, This may be off the mark, but I have something called ocular myasthenia gravis (which sounds scarier than it is in my case) that caused one eye to droop and ...
- I have a friend that has 2 girls that see Dr. Frederick Elsas ###-###-####) here at Children's Hospital in Birmingham. He is a pediatric opthalmologist. Her children s...
Should We Get a 2Nd Opinion?
Asked by M.T. from Portland
on May 4, 2009
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Our 20 month old was checked out today because his left eye turns in at his nose - mainly when he's looking at books or toys close up. The dr. gave us a prescription ...
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- i would definitely get a second opinion from a specialist. if you are in the vancouver or portland area, go see dr bruce or his associates in hazel dell. they are gr...
- You could get a second opinion, but for a wandering eye (or eyes not coordinated) glasses are a very common way of correcting it. Our daughter had this problem at 4m ...
- M., I know it was probably hard to hear but if the eye doctor says your son needs glasses he probably does. It is not uncommon or unheard of (especially these days...
Eye
Asked by M.B. from Nashville
on December 21, 2006
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My daughter is 12 weeks old and i noticed that her right eye had been crusty and clear liquid will run out of it what could be wrong?
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- My son had the same thing at the exact same age. According to his doctor, it's not an infection unless the drainage has a yellow, green or other yucky color. If it's...
- My first instinct is to say that it's a blocked tear duct, especially at this stage. Both of my kids had that. If the white of her eye is pink or blood shot, I'd be ...
- It's an eye infection like pink eye. Just go to the doctor he will give you the appropriate medication.
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...
My Almost 3-Year-old Is Continuously Itching/rubbing His Eye. Any Idea Why?
Asked by B.M. from Tampa
on March 7, 2009
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This started yesterday (Friday) and it's only in one eye. He did not wake up with a "crusty eye" so I don't think it's pink eye, but i'm not sure what else it could b...
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- Could be one of many things - a sty, allergies, ingrown hair, small scratch on his cornea - I would take him to the doctor, eyes are not something you want to mess aro...
- I give my 3-year-old children's Zyrtec OTC at the pharmacy and it seems to really help when the pollen is really high like now.
- Could be allergies. I would take him to the doctor and find out.
Closing One Eye to Read?
Asked by C.L. from Boston
on October 31, 2006
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My 5 year old son will close his left eye when he reads or is trying to look at something small. This started a couple of weeks ago. We made an appointment with an e...
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- It could totally be nothing. It could mean that he is left eye dominate and his left eye is stronger then his right. Try this. Have him make a circle with his hands...
- I just thought that I would recommend a pediatric optholmologist that I used when my son needed Surgery for a closed tear duct that never opened on its own. She is l...
- Hi, it could mean a few things.. both my kids wear glasses, one for lazy eye and the other has an astigmatism. they are 8 and 3.. they both squinted, closed one eye ...
Only Cries Out of One Eye
Asked by S.K. from Detroit
on July 16, 2008
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My 9 month old son rarely cries with tears, but when he does, I noticed that only his right eye sheds a tear. His pediatrician diagnosed a blocked tear duct, but he h...
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- Do you want to find out what is wrong with your son or not? If you do, don't cancel his appointment. I have taken my children to a pedatric opthalmologist for years....
- I would go if I was you. My son had a blocked duct and didn't get diagnosed till right around 12 months. He saw a pediatric opthamologist and had to have a procedure...
- One of my daughters had a blocked tear duct, and it resolved on it's own over a few months, but we did have to keep an eye on it. If you wait for him to show symptoms...
11 Month Always Rubs Her Eyes
Asked by E.M. from Louisville
on March 4, 2008
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My 11 month old is constantly rubbing her eyes and i was just wondering if anyone elses child has done this. I plan to bring it up at her one year check up but until t...
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- when you go for your one year check up, ask the doctor about allergies. Babies don't tend to get them until after 6 months old, but after that they can be allergic to...
- What do her eyes look like? Are they always red or irritated looking? Are they swollen? It could be allergies (I know I sneezing alot). Is she sneezing/coughing? ...
- Dear E., I'm a retired RN. Mostly likely, it is allergy related. Her eyes probably itch. Call her doctor's office and ask nurse how you should best take care of baby...
Son Is Blinking Constantly
Asked by K.M. from Philadelphia
on March 2, 2008
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I have a six year old son, that my husband and I have both noticed started blinking all of the time. I don't know if it's something that's new, or something that we'v...
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- It could be from being nervous. Did he just start school? Has he been doing this since he started? Or is there any other changes that would have made him nervous?
- My son started doing the same thing when he was two, and I panicked thinking he had eye problems. Turns out he had summer allergies to pollen.See if you can keep a log...
- I have had the same kind of thing, my son was 3 and blinking alot, so the doctor suggested we have him seen by the eye doctor, I took him, and they said it was seasona...
