Yiu Yiu came home from school one day, informing us that there was an eye check at school, and she was diagnosed with astigmatism. We took her to the optometrist to get it checked out again, and confirmed her astigmatism of 1.0 Diopter. She also has nearsightedness of 0.5 Diopter.
I asked the
optometrist the reason for her sight problems, and he said that most likely
it’s inborn. A quick check on medical
literature confirms that the cause of astigmatism is unknown. It is usually present from birth, and often
occurs together with nearsightedness or farsightedness. According to an American study, nearly three
in 10 children have astigmatism, and the prevalence is higher in Asian
children.
While adults with a
higher degree of astigmatism may realize their vision isn't as good as it
should be, children who have astigmatism symptoms may not be aware they have
this condition, and are unlikely to complain about blurred or distorted vision.
So parents of young child(ren), if you
are reading this, please schedule regular eye exams for your child(ren) to avoid
vision problem in school, which may impair their performance in school and in
sports.
Back to Yiu Yiu, the
optometrist recommended that she starts wearing glasses, so that she doesn’t
need to strain her eyes when looking at the blackboard in school. We shortlisted these two frames – actually
she chose the pink one and I asked her to consider the purple one. No prize for guessing which one we ended
buying J
And now I present to
you, the bespectacled Yiu Yiu…
11 comments:
Yiu Yiu looks nice in her new glasses. But sad that kids these days have to start wearing glasses to early in their lives. Vic came home with a reading school one day and I saw that she has "power" that require her to be bespectacled. After lecturing her, she told me then her whole class will have to wear glasses! Then it occurred to me that the reading from school is not accurate and her eyesight, upon home checking is ok.
But still, it's a good fright to her as she likes to dip her head really low when writing.
Wah so look so big gal with her glasses. Still looks pretty :)
she look more serious now with her specs. Still pretty :)
She looks pretty with her new glasses....
Yiu Yiu looks great in her new glasses...It make me recall back on myself, I started to wear glasses on Primary 1.
why not get two? The other one as back up coz sometimes in school playing sport might break the frame. Then have to rush to the shop get new ones. Rather troublesome
Nice glasses! She looks good in them :) Funny how they are really into pink yeah?
I realised too..many start wearing glasses at young age... sigh. I hope this is just temporary n his asgti will "grown off"
Irene - I think that must have been the same screening that Yiu Yiu went through at school.
WK, Jazz, Chanel, MeRy - thanks, she'll be so happy to know. In fact, she enjoys wearing her glasses!
smallkucing - good idea. I didn't think of that.
Kit - your little one too? Already into pink?
Little Lamb - the optometrist said it's inborn, not sure if she'll outgrow it eventually.
Hey 0.5 also need to wear?
Zaria is 0.25. I haven't got her a pair yet.
Zara's Mama - when checked with the machine, it was higher, about 1.0D. When trying out the lenses for her using the alphabets chart, it seems 0.5D lens is adequate.
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