Helping Kids Transition To Their First Contact Lenses
Children have valid reasons for wanting to switch from prescription eyeglasses to their first contact lenses. Maybe their glasses seem cumbersome or ugly, sit uncomfortably on the face or slide down continually during study times. Maybe the wearer plays a sport that makes glasses inconvenient or unfeasible. If your children have requested contact lenses, or […]
Sports Eye Safety
Every year, approximately 100,000 eye injuries occur from sports and recreational activities in the United States, with more than 42,000 requiring emergency room visits according to Prevent Blindness. The tragedy? Up to 90% of these injuries are preventable with proper protective eyewear. Whether you’re a parent watching your child step onto a baseball field, an […]
Pediatric Eye Care: How Soon Are Children Ready? You’d Be Surprised.
Pediatricians and psychologists can debate exactly when childhood ends, but the eyes have their own idea. By the age of 7 or 8, your brain and eyes enter a relationship that won’t change much. If parents don’t seek pediatric eye care to quickly address vision problems, especially the one known as “lazy eye,” they may […]
Strabismus Surgery Corrects “Lazy Eye” Problems
Eye doctors dislike the term “lazy eye” for lots of reasons. It makes kids feel awkward. It’s inaccurate: The eye does what the brain tells it to do, even when sent incorrect signals. And it’s a loose term for many conditions: eyes crossing inward (esotropia), wandering outward (exotropia), deviating upward or downward (hypertropia or hypotropia), […]
Amblyopia and CureSight: At Last, No Eyepatch!
For decades, physicians have treated amblyopia — poor childhood vision development in one or both eyes – with patches. Kids often dislike those, because they can be uncomfortable or lead to teasing. Now there’s a new, equally effective alternative. The FDA approved CureSight last fall to treat amblyopia by online monitoring of streamed data combined […]