Many infants suffer from eye problems. It is quite common. Here is a guide to six eye problems that new parents might face with their babies. 1) Clogged Tear Duct My daughter was born with a clogged tear duct. From the first day she had matted tears in her eye lashes and in the corner ...
Amblyopia (often referred to as “lazy eye”) is a condition where one eye has greatly reduced vision compared to the other eye. This can be caused by many things, but it can often be corrected in childhood. After that, it’s much more difficult to correct. If not treated, the lazy eye will in effect, become ...
Those who require eye patch therapy for reasons such as amblyopia, lazy eye, or a host of other eye conditions want the best eye patches available. Those undergoing eye patch therapy are often required to wear an eye patch for a number of hours each day. Eye patches that don’t irritate the skin upon removal, ...
More than 75 percent of an infant’s learning happens by seeing. Without seeing, it’s hard for little ones to learn what to do and how to act. So much of social development and motor development happens through the eyes: reading facial expressions and body language and learning to respond effectively forms the basis of burgeoning ...
Lazy eye is a common eye condition that many people have. According to Gary Markowitz, MD, “When eyes are misaligned or are not looking at the same place at the same time, it is a condition called strabismus, commonly referred to as “lazy eye.” I have a friend who has a lazy eye. One eye ...
Strabismus, more commonly known as “cross-eyed” or “wall-eyed” is a vision condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other. One or both eyes may turn in, out, up or down. It can be constant, or intermittent, such as in stressful situations, when tired, or ill. I have lived with strabismus for ...
If you or your husband is extremely near-sighted or far-sighted, the chances are very high that your child will be too. The child will probably need glasses by the time he or she is in middle school. The child may not know that he has vision problems since he probably don’t know the difference between ...
It can be hard for parents to tell if toddlers have vision problems. After all, a toddler is not usually reading or trying to view a board in a classroom. When they have vision problems, they are not seeing as well as those with good eyesight. All they know is what they are used to ...
I have lived my entire life with an eye disorder called “Amblyopia”. As a young child, I wore a black patch over my right eye in order to help restore vision in my “lazy” left eye. My siblings endured the same frustrating “pirate patch” remedy, which did not work for any of us. There is ...
I have had intermittent (part of the time) exotropic (eye turning outward) strabismus since the age of two, and am now age fifty. I recently underwent surgery at the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, with Dr. Martin Cogen. All patients must work closely with their physician to determine the best treatment options for ...