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Lazy eye - patches
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colibrita
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Lazy eye - patches
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Hi All
I thought I �d ask for advice here as some of you may be in the same situation or at least had experience with young students with this issue
My five-year-old has "lazy eye" and just started wearing a patch this summer. At first we bought the typical patches you buy in the pharmacy but after a few hours they leave the skin a bit irritated. So I bought a patch that you put over the lense of the glasses. However when we returned for a checkup the eye doc said really the "plaster" kind are better as you shouldn �t let light in.
What views/experience do you have. I �d be very grateful to hear.
Also, does anyone have experience of vision therapy to help this situation?
Thanks
Colibrita
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21 Sep 2012
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colibrita
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Sorry, I should have said that the material patch does block out most light. Just a wee bit comes through the hole where the patch attaches to the glasses, at the nose pad.
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21 Sep 2012
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mayajo
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hello; my 4 old son has the same problem yet there are some kinds of patches in the pharmacy that are less irritating. concerning vision therapy our doctor gave us also as a treatement a kind of eye drops that help with the use of glasses of course but don �t worry so much as the doctor told us that this is no longer a problem as a small surgery at the age of 5 can solve the problem if there is no progress. hopefully i answered you. looking forward to hearing good news. |
21 Sep 2012
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Apodo
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I used to wear an eye patch (and the kids at school used to call me pirate). My eye patch was a plastic one with elastic to hold it on. Then large pieces of sticking plaster were put over it, front and back, so it blocked out everything but it wasn �t actually stuck to my skin. That was many years ago but I �m sure you can buy ready made material eye patches now which would look better and feel comfortable. |
21 Sep 2012
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