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[Guest]

Hi, my daughter is 5 years old and her optometrist (its our first visit) said that she has extreme farsightedness and a lazy eye that does not manifest in wonedring or crossed eyes. he said thatthat she needs a prescription of +9 and +10, but he prescibes for such yong children about 75% of this strength, so it will be 6.5 and 7.5. I have the same conditions since childhood and the strongest glasses I ever needed were +3 and +4 (and I thought I had problems concentrating!). It seems to me that with this diagnosis she should be virtually blind! But the only problem she occasionally exhibits is sitting close to a TV. Further, the optometrist also said that there is no hope of treatment for her, but life-long glasses (that are also incredibly heavy and thick). Please, help me understand why is it that her prescription is so high, yet she is not having problems? What is it that we can do to help treat her condition? Should I consult a pediatric ophtalmologist? Thanks very much in advance from a very troubled mom.

[Guest]

I just saw this message now in June 2004. I'm 67 years old, with the same problem as your daughter. I don't use this eye at all, only the good eye. But medicine has advanced since my childhood, can't she have a contact lens?
If she doesn't get special training very soon to use both eyes, the brain can't learn to do it at a later age.

Rachel

[quote] Hi, my daughter is 5 years old and her optometrist (its our first visit) said that she has extreme farsightedness and a lazy eye that does not manifest in wonedring or crossed eyes. he said thatthat she needs a prescription of +9 and +10, but he prescibes for such yong children about 75% of this strength, so it will be 6... [/quote]

[shun2007]

i have a six year old who has serve farsightedness. Is there any type of treatment out there that i can get for him.