Re: Child needs glasses?

On 28 Oct 2005 05:52:45 -0700, EmmettPower@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a son who is 6 years old. He recently had his eyes tested at
>Boots Opticians (UK) and had the following reading:
>
>Right:
>-Sph: +0.50
>-Cyl: DS
>Left:
>-Sph: +0.50
>-Cyl: DS
>
>The optician was adamant that he needs glasses. I'm suspicious of Boots
>Opticians because I have had pressure from them in the past to change
>my glasses for a very marginal change in my eyesight. Needless to say
>the ones that suited me cost £200.
>
>My son doesn't want glasses (to put it mildly) and I have no doubt that
>if we do get him glasses they will rapidly be 'lost' or broken - I'd
>give them a life expectancy of less than one day.
>
>I have read that if a child does not show symptoms such as constant
>headaches and blurry vision, they should not be prescribed glasses and
>that, anyway, almost all children have low-grade long-sightedness,
>which they grow out of at about age 8-10.
>
>I have also read that children below the age of l0 should have their
>pupils widened with eye drops before being tested: the optician did not
>do this.
>
>My inclination is to hold off and have him tested again in a year or
>two.
>
>I'd appreciate any comments.
>
>Regards
>
>Emmett

Emmett,

See a pediatric ophthalmologist to rule out amblyopia (lazy eye) and/or other
diagnoses that *must* be treated at an early age.


Robert Martellaro
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Optician/Owner
Roberts Optical
robopt@xxxxxxxxxx
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"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."
- Niels Bohr
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