Question
My son has been saying his vision is blurry for a week so I took him for an eye test. The optician said he could not get an accurate prescription as none of the lenses he tried seemed to improve the vision. He said the eyes themselves look healthy. He has got to go back and have eye drops to relax the eyes to try and get a prescription. The eyes seem to be trying to focus and relax too much. Should I be worried? What could it be? Thank you
JS Hants
Answer
Dear Jacqui,
No do not be worried. This is a routine practice.
Children have strong eye muscls that they try to overcome their prescription or spectacle error during check ups by using these muscles. this then gives erroneous numbers or powers,.
The optometrist you are visiting seems experienced in this regards and must be checking children, as the correct way is to dilate the eyes and relax these eye muscles so that they do not interfere in the process of prescription.
yes, this may require you to visit the optometrist at least 3 times before prescription, but that is the correct methodology in children.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
Dr Anand Shroff, MS OPHTH, FICS
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