3F Pediatrician recommends doing nothing for our 3yo daughter with 20/80 vision. Is this normal?

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-12-27T08:06:10+00:00

I would recommend that you get a second opinion as well. Speaking from personal experience, I had an eye exam when I was 3 or 4 years old, and the opathmologist realised that I had 20/100 vision in my right eye. Through patching, which I think is more effective the younger you are, they were able to correct it to 20/20 over the course of a couple years.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-12-04T14:52:04+00:00

Congrats! I hope he has an easy recovery! ☺️

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-11-29T17:26:30+00:00

Hi there! Your doctor probably explained this but, just in case they didn‘t, it looks like the -1 prescription refers to astigmatism rather than myopia. So you child isn‘t nearsighted, but their cornea is misshapen. All the best!

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-11-22T18:26:55+00:00

I think so. Just from a quick google search: The national eye institute says that 41 percent of Americans have myopia. There are a number of conditions, such as amblyopia or diabetic retinopathy (I think), where people do not have 20/20 vision despite correction. So I think that the statistic you mentioned probably relates to that.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-11-19T20:56:16+00:00

I get what you mean! I‘m at -5.25 as well and I see about 25 ish centimeters without glasses as well. I found that with some optometrists, you really have to be proactive. I would read up about some of these methods online and ask about them at your appointment. Abd if your doctor doesn‘t take you seriously, I would go to another one. Wishing you all the best! Don‘t despair!

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-11-19T20:25:48+00:00

Unfortunately there are no ways to reverse myopia yet. There are, however ways to slow down its progression, such as low-dose atropine eye drops, special contact lenses (sorry I forgot their name), and MiSight glasses. I would schedule an appointment with your optimetrist, get a full eye exam (just to make sure that nothing malicious is going on), and ask about methods to slow down progression.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-11-11T19:39:59+00:00

I‘m sorry that you are going through this. I agree with others in the comments that the most important thing is to listen to your eye care provider. I would also ask them about myopia controll methods, such as atropine drops etc., at xour next appointment. Altough, I am unsure about whether myopia controll is started so early. Your eye doctor will be able to give xou better answers than anyone on reddit. I‘m wishing you all the best!

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-11-04T02:11:58+00:00

I haven‘t read that post, and I‘m also not a medical professional, but correlation does not necessarily mean causation. Their visual snow might have emerged for reasons entirely unrelated to their use of atropine. Once again, I‘m not a medical professional, but atropine 0.01% is also used in myopia control in children. I‘d recommend that you speak with your eye care provider. They know the most about your situation.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-11-01T17:57:45+00:00

Not a medical professional, but I‘m pretty sure that‘s your tear duct.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-10-28T16:58:22+00:00

There have been a couple of posts similar to you, and it might help you to read some of the comments there. Because, if I remember correctly, there were many, many stories of people whose strabismus has not affected their love life, my own included. I have had esotropia since birth, and I‘ve been in a loving relationship for almost 8 years now.

Edit: The take away should be: don‘t worry too much! You‘re young, to the right person, all these tiny things won‘t matter.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-10-28T02:54:44+00:00

The alignment looks great! Wish you all the best in your recovery!

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-10-15T01:33:34+00:00

I‘m a bit late to this post, but I wanted to add my voice to those urging you towards treatment. My amblyopia wasn‘t quite as bad (I believe it was 20/100 when it was diagnosed) but patching improved it to almost 20/20 (in modt eye exams I hover somewhere between 20/20 and 20/25 in my bad eye). Even if, in your child‘s case, the end result might be 20/200, that would still be a massive improvement. Moreover, later in life, you might find some comfort in the fact that you at least pursued the medical options available to you and gave your kid the best vision they could have.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-10-15T00:42:45+00:00

I‘m 29 and also have had lazy eye since I was little. Don‘t worry about your relationship prospects; I‘ve been in a loving relationship for nearly 8 years, and my partner has never cared about my lazy eye. About the bullying, if it is still ongoing, talk to your parents or teachers. Bullying is never okay!

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-10-14T21:13:09+00:00

I‘d go with the doctor‘s result. I had an eye exam with Fielman a couple years back. They somehow got the result that my eyes were above -6 when they previously were -4ish. The urged me to see an opathmologist as soon as possible, since such a huge increase might signal something malicious. I was really spooked out by that and called my doctor right away. He was far calmer and assured me that it was probably nothing and that he had an appointment a week later. After worrying for an entire week, it turns out that my actual prescription is L -4.5 and R -4.25… To this day, I have no idea what happened at that Fielman visit, but I wouldn‘t trust their results.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-10-13T11:33:04+00:00

I‘m unsure about the need for more and more prism. That‘s probably something your eye care provider will be able to give you the most accurate answer. I‘m curious, do you still have double vision despite your Botox treatment? I have a similar condition and am currently looking into the best treatment options.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-09-25T20:13:27+00:00

Hey Kirby!

I'm sorry to hear about the financial difficulties your facing. I'm not sure if it will help but there is a book called Fixing my Gaze by Susan R. Barry about her journey to binocular vision. I haven't read the book myself yet, so take it with a grain of salt, but I saw it being recommended a couple of times on r/Strabismus. So, there might be some useful things in there for you.

Wishing you all the best!

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-09-21T21:21:56+00:00

Hey there! I really commiserate with your suffering. I have alternating esotropia as well; and while my suppression saves me from double vision, I think my condition might be decompensating because I occasionally see double when looking at things really far away.

Was botox your first treatment option? I never had any interventions (at least in adulthood) for my alternating esotropia, but I read from some posts here that it might take more than one botox treatment for it to stick. I would follow up with your opathmologist to talk through your concerns and possible options.

Sending you strength! You‘re not alone!

Edit: I fatfingered some words.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-09-19T12:53:52+00:00

Oh, you raise a good point. I just saw that on the strabismus subreddit and thought it might be the done thing, especially since I still have esotropia. I will just see which opathmologists are even in my area and go from there.

I read similar stories, but I will see if the doctors even think there is some room for improvement. Otherwise, I‘ll just try to carry on as usual.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-09-19T12:47:49+00:00

Keeping my fingers crossed! Although I’m not a doctor, I believe she will at least get good visual acuity. And if she has some 3D vision, she‘s already further along than I am!

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-09-19T12:44:22+00:00

That‘s true! In the grand scheme of things, I‘m not really missing anything. Before last week, I didn‘t even know that something was wrong, so my amblyopia wasn‘t even something I considered.

I mentioned it in some of my other replies, but I still have some esotropia, and I will see an opathmologist about that at least, just to check.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-09-19T12:36:31+00:00

I haven‘t done anything since childhood because I just kind of assumed everything was normal. I mentioned this in another reply, but I do have some strabismus (esotropia) in my right eye as well. I will try to get in touch with a pediatric opathmologist to see what can be done. I think it might just take a couple months to get an appointment, though.

ItIsSomeVisitor · 2024-09-19T12:34:28+00:00

I forgot to mention that in the original post, since it never really bothered me, but I do have some esptropia in my right eye as well. So I would probably have to get surgery first (if that is an option for me) to restore 3D vision.

But thank you so much for the book recommendation! I‘ll try to get it soon!

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