How a fluke Eye Test saved Monali’s Sight
The Eye Test that Monali just about missed Monali a five year old was bubbly girl living with her happy parents. However things took a sudden change following a routine…
How Frequently should your Child have an Eye Check?
Did you just read this and think, ‘What do you mean – how frequently should my kid have an eye test?! S/he has never had any problems with seeing. No problems, no eye test… right?’ Umm… not really. No eye check, no known eye problem is how we’d like to put it. (more…)
How to Protect your Kids Eyes in the Swimming Pool
Summer vacations are on! A jump into the swimming pool is one great way to beat the heat. Whether it’s a hotel’s pool or daily swimming class or the community pool in your society, swimming pool water can leave your kid with burning red eyes, also called as swimmer’s eyes. Here’s how you can protect your kids’ eyes in the swimming pool: (more…)
Excessive Blinking in Children
Hello Dr. Prachi Agashe,
My 5 years old son has been blinking too much recently. Is this excessive blinking just a habit that he will outgrow? Or could it be due to some problem with his eyes?
– Mr. Alam Mohd., Kalina, Mumbai. (more…)
Outdoor Activity Reduces Short-Sightedness in Children
“Half the world’s population will be near sighted by the year 2050!” Now that’s alarming, isn’t it? What is causing more and more of our children to be myopic or short sighted? And more importantly, what can we do to reduce short-sightedness in children? Scientists have found an easy solution – outdoor activity reduces short-sightedness in children. (more…)
Can Atropine Eye Drops Cure NearSightedness?
“Doctor what can I do to reduce my child’s spectacle powers?” “Can my child never get rid of her glasses?” “His spectacle number is increasing so fast, how can I stop it?” These are questions parents commonly ask child eye specialists. With a heavy heart, eye doctors have had to tell parents that there really is no magic cure for nearsightedness. And that all they could do was ensure their kids wore spectacles or contact lenses so that the current powers were corrected. Until now. (more…)
Squint Treatment for Babies – Is it possible without Surgery?
“Doctor, I don’t think it will work,” said Jiya’s father. “Glasses as squint treatment for our four month old baby? Isn’t she too young for spectacles? She is too frisky, she just won’t keep them on Doctor!” (more…)
A Preemie’s Letter to His Mom
Ever wonder what your new-born is thinking when he is just looking deep into your eyes? Here’s what we think a premature baby (born before 37 weeks of pregnancy) might have to say to his mother about Retinopathy of Prematurity: (more…)
Oculo Cutaneous Albinism
7th November 2017: This week we look at Oculo Cutaneous Albinism and two associated syndromes that one should rule out in albinotic patients.
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder which causes albinism, visual impairment, and platelet dysfunction. Chediak-Higashi syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by recurrent pyogenic infections, partial oculocutaneous albinism, progressive neurologic abnormalities, mild coagulation defects, and a lymphoma-like accelerated phase.
Secondary Glaucoma in Sturge Weber Syndrome
17th October 2017:
We know about Sturge-Weber syndrome, the neuro-cutaneous disorder with angiomas on the skin of the face, typically in the ophthalmic (V1) and maxillary (V2) distributions of the trigeminal nerve. Did you know that you can predict the chances of secondary glaucoma based on the extent of the port wine stain? (more…)