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Eye power in 18 months old baby
My daughter is 18 months old and we recently observed she get teary eyes while watching tv even for 5-10 mins. Hence we visited paediatric eye specialist, doc said that my daughter might have tear duct blockage due to which tears come and she also checked her eye power. By checking from machine and lenses, doc said my daughter has cylindrical power less that 1 or so and asked us to come for dilated procedure and also said that babies eyes are not developed completely upto age 2. So we need to do this dilation procedure again after 6 months .
My concern here is if she is saying that 6 more months would take my daughters eyes to completely develop why should we do dilation test now ?
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One can wait for refraction when the power is small. Eye develops over a period of time. Upto 10 years of age there are changes in the front portion mainly and from 10 years to about 18 years the eye ball lengthens. Parents are generally very pushy and doctors do not want to face any liability that is the reason refraction is advised. Tear duct blockage should be handled when there is no runny nose or respiratory infection. You may discuss with your treating doctor in detail to know all the pros and cons.
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Dr. Miss Hema Mansukhlal Mer
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
1 yrs exp
Mumbai
Mydriatis is done for giving appropriate power.
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
44 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Dilatation is a small procedure.pl follow the instructions of your treating doctor. Pl have regular follow ups. Eye ball growth will be there, during growing age.
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Dr. Nikhilesh Shete
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
2 yrs exp
Sangli
Dilatation won't harm , please follow advice of treating ophthalmologist.
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Dr. Saba Kausar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Dilatation is done to determine correct power.
Please consult
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Dr. Priyanka Singh
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
11 yrs exp
Delhi
Hello dear,
I know u r concerned about your baby. Dilation is required to make sure that there is no alarming power in your baby's eyes.. usually every eye specialist does that whenever u approach them for any issues. This is a small procedure and does not harm the baby. Without dilation, correct power cannot be confirmed. Rest other causes of watering is allergy of eyes(seen after 2 years) and blocked tear duct.
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follow up with doctor and talk in detail of all concerns. I'm sure she will understand .
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Dr. Ravi Chandna
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
7 yrs exp
Bhopal
To confirm base power
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