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Q: My son is having 'Ptosis' in his left eye since birth.
For this we first consulted a doctor to get it corrected. After seeing
the case, the doctor suggested to get it corrected early at the
age of 2-3 year,
specially before he joins school as early
correction will be better for both physical and psychological development
of
child.
We also consulted some other doctor. The opinion of new doctor was to
get it corrected when the child is 5-6 yr.old, so that the child will
better
co-operate with the doctors during operation and post operation exercises.
And also
results may be better when he is little grown-up.
One more confusion. This operation should be done by an Eye
Surgeon (who are more experienced on this type of cases, because
people
come to them - thinking this is eye problem) or it should be operated
by a
Cosmetic Surgeon (because after all this is cosmetic Problem).
Please suggest. Please tell me also is there any Specific Hospital.
A: This condition is better treated by an eye surgeon. Get it operated
when she is five
years of age.
Q: I just started to notice that my 3-month-old son has one eye bigger than the other. Will it become normal?
A: By and large, such small discrepancies in size are normal; at times it may even be familial (runs within the family). However, your doctor who can examine the eye will be in a better position to give you a correct assessment.
Q: After taking my daughter for an eye check-up, I have discovered that her left eye has a number of -1.75 and her right eye has a number of -1.50. This is extremely upsetting, as my daughter is so small. She will be wearing glasses soon, but I want to know will her eye number keep increasing? Is there any alternative therapy to correct her vision?
A: Unfortunately your child has an eye defect. A negative power has every chance of increasing. There are many new laser techniques which can correct these defects – but your child will need to be older before any of these techniques could be applied to her. Feed her a lot of carrots, take the general precautions (distance from the television, no reading while lying down, while in a moving car or in train, or in poor light
etc…) and wait and watch.
Q: I have a 6 year old son. His eyesight is +6.5 & +5.5. He has been wearing glasses since the age of 3. Is there any treatment or medication for bringing down the number?
A: Your son has hypermetropia. Usually such defects do not clear up on their own. Medicines will not be of much help but if he takes care, his power will not increase.
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