Question
Hello doctor,
I am worrried very much about my daughter's eye sight and hence is writing to you.
My daughter is 10+ years of age. She started using glasses for far sightedness about 2 years now. It increased very rapidly to around 4 in the last couple of years. Now again she complain a little bit about the vision, So I will go and get her eye glasses tested again.
I would really appreciate if you can suggest as to why the visin is deteriorating so rapidly and most importantly, what can we do to stop it or reduce it. Any medications, exercises etc..
Thanks in advance.
Ashish Agarwal
Answer
Dear Ashish,
If in Mumbai, we at Shroff Eye Hospital have a separate childrens visual programme which includes eye exercises etc specfic for her eye condition which is thoroughly evaluated.
However, usually If she reads too much, we would undercorrect her spectacle for reading, so that there are no jumps in numbers or powers due to this. Otherwise, the increase in power could be a growth spurt or family history of the same.
If in Mumbai, please visit us (address as below),
Best Regards,
Dr Anand Shroff, MS OPHTH, FICS
www.shroffeye.org
Shroff Eye Hospital is India's First Eye Hospital that the Joint Commission International (International Division of JCAHO, USA) has given accreditation for excellence in patient care and health care delivery. Shroff Eye is also India's first Wavelight Concerto 500Hz LASIK center.
Shroff Eye Hospital
Vision Research Centre
222 S V Road
Bandra (W)
Mumbai 400 050
Phone: +91-22-6692 1000
Fax: +91-22-6694 9880
email: shroffeye@vsnl.com
Shroff Eye Clinic
Gobind Mahal
86 - B Netaji Subhash Road
Mumbai 400 002
Phone: +91-22 - 22814077, 2811863, 22029242
Fax: +91-22 - 22812751
email: shroffeye@vsnl.com
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