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Eye patch on the BAD eye????
I have a question. My 6-year old son has just been diagnosed with poor
vision in his left eye and now has to wear eyeglasses (with just one corrective lens). His left eye is also a lazy eye as a result, and his ophthalmologist has prescribed an eye patch--to be worn for about 2 months, 9 hours a day--on the good eye to train the bad one. The doctor said it was important to remove the patch for the few remaining hours of the day to help the brain adjust. My ex has seen a friend of his who's an ophthalmologist and insists that when my son stays with him that he'll follow his friend's advice: make our son wear the patch during all his waking hours for 6 days and on the other eye -- the bad eye-- on the 7th day so as to avoid the good eye from getting "lazy." I've never heard of this and my son's ophthalmologist has advised against it. My ex will not budge. I am very concerned. Does anyone know whether this is common practice and whether or not it could be damaging? I'm not so worried about the patch on the good eye being worn all day (though my son will hate it) but the 7th-day plan sounds fishy to me. Thanks in advance to anyone who may have heard of this. |
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Eye patch on the BAD eye????
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 01:11:07 GMT, "concerned" wrote:
I have a question. My 6-year old son has just been diagnosed with poor vision in his left eye and now has to wear eyeglasses (with just one corrective lens). His left eye is also a lazy eye as a result, and his ophthalmologist has prescribed an eye patch--to be worn for about 2 months, 9 hours a day--on the good eye to train the bad one. The doctor said it was important to remove the patch for the few remaining hours of the day to help the brain adjust. My ex has seen a friend of his who's an ophthalmologist and insists that when my son stays with him that he'll follow his friend's advice: make our son wear the patch during all his waking hours for 6 days and on the other eye -- the bad eye-- on the 7th day so as to avoid the good eye from getting "lazy." I've never heard of this and my son's ophthalmologist has advised against it. My ex will not budge. I am very concerned. Does anyone know whether this is common practice and whether or not it could be damaging? I'm not so worried about the patch on the good eye being worn all day (though my son will hate it) but the 7th-day plan sounds fishy to me. Thanks in advance to anyone who may have heard of this. There is no known benefit to patching the bad eye. The advice from his father's friend which goes counter to modern treatment of amblyopia and is risking therapeutic failure is alarming and makes me wonder if this friend is truly an ophthalmologist himself or perhaps an optometrist instead with less experience and/or training in treating amblyopia. You may want to consult with an attorney as you may need to modify your parenting plan, with the court's assistance, if his father is truly failing to comply with a prescribed therapeutic regimen which noncompliance may result in permanent loss of vision. PF |
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Eye patch on the BAD eye????
"concerned" wrote in message ... I have a question. My 6-year old son has just been diagnosed with poor vision in his left eye and now has to wear eyeglasses (with just one corrective lens). His left eye is also a lazy eye as a result, and his ophthalmologist has prescribed an eye patch--to be worn for about 2 months, This might be an alternative to the patch depending on the exact problem your son has.... http://www.drgreene.com/21_938.html |
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Eye patch on the BAD eye????
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:26:22 GMT, "CWatters"
wrote: "concerned" wrote in message ... I have a question. My 6-year old son has just been diagnosed with poor vision in his left eye and now has to wear eyeglasses (with just one corrective lens). His left eye is also a lazy eye as a result, and his ophthalmologist has prescribed an eye patch--to be worn for about 2 months, This might be an alternative to the patch depending on the exact problem your son has.... http://www.drgreene.com/21_938.html This doesn't address her problem at all. The noncompliant father would just put the atropine in the wrong eye just as he is patching the wrong eye. PF |
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