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  1. caren berzins says:

    My Neices baby at 2 months of age has been diagnosed with opthalmic folds. The babies eyes both constantly twitch or move from side to side.
    He does have sight but can you please eplain to me. He has been referred to a laser specialist in Sydney, Australia.

    Editors Notes: Hard to say, as I’ve never heard the term “ophthalmic folds” … a couple of possibilities. One is that he has retinal folds, possibly from retinopathy of prematurity, thus prompting the referral to a laser (retina) specialist. The roving eye movements sound like either a congenital or sensory nystagmus. Be sure to followup with the doctor in a timely manor and make sure they explain to you exactly what’s going on. Sometimes it helps to have your doctor write the diagnosis down on a piece of paper so you can research it.

  2. Denisse Rivadeneira says:

    Hola soy de Ecuador, estudio Optometria, quisiera que me ayuden con un video de Estudio de las Condiciones motoras (Test subjetivos: Diploplias de Willians, Pantalla de Lancaster- Metodos mixtos)
    Si tienen este video envienlo a mi mail para exponerlo en clase gracias…

  3. Abdelsattar says:

    you are a very talented ophthalmologist

  4. My Daughter is 9 years old and her eyes deviate equally to the sides gradually and stay deviated when she is watching the television. Her vision is otherwise good and no deviation of the eyes and neck when in the class room or when doing other activities. Upon questioning she says that she cannot see properly the image on the television when she looks straight and she has to deviate her eyes and eventually the neck. We have seen a pediatric ophthalmologist regarding this at the age of 9 years and upon his exam he says that it is torticollis.
    He wants to do another exam after the dilatation in 6 months.
    Do we call this esophoria or is there another term for this.My concern is that is it going to cause amblyopia/ vision problems in the future.
    Thanks,
    Chandra

  5. hello, my daughter who just turned 4 has a hemorage in the right eye that rebleed yesterday as of right now shes on 3 different drops is there anything else i can do. and is treatment differ from a child to an adult. thanks very concered tammy

  6. Suzanne Martin says:

    My four year old child turns her head to the left and looks from the exteme corner of her her eyes when looking at distance especially when watching television. One doc said it was fourth nerve palsy but three others disagree. She sometimes complains of a black spot in the middle of the television that goes away when she turns her head. If it’s not fourth nerve palsy, what could be the problem?

  7. Glen Gole says:

    Hi,
    Correct spelling is Bruckner reflex. Great site. Can i recommned it to my med students?

  8. hi, my baby just turned 6 months..

    and i don’t know if her eyes are crossed or it’s just because she’s still a baby… she is half western half asian baby.. could it be because her eyes looks like asian? i hope to hear some answers… thanks.

  9. Hi, correct spelling in pimp questions 5 and 8 is “Hirschberg test”.

    Thanks

  10. I live on prince Edward Island canada where can we find a
    Pediatric Ophthalmology in the general area like Nova Scotia or New brunswick
    thanks for you time

  11. my son was born at 24 weeks gestation. because of his prematurity his lungs were very underveloped and required him to be on high levels of oxygen which caused his retinopathy. he wears very thick lensed and I would like to know if it is possible for him to have surgery when he is older to restore some of his vision?

  12. Hi, My son who is now 5 was born at 23 weeks gestation. He developed ROP, had the corrective laser eye surgery and has been seeing an opthamologist ever since. He is very short sighted in his right eye which is also “lazy” or turning in. As such we are having to put dilating eyedrops in his left eye to encourage him to use his right eye. Anyhow I took a photo of him today and noticed that in the photo his dilated pupil had a yellowy-red crescent shape in the photo. I have heard and read about people detecting eye cancers in kids eyes after using flash photography and am now worried that that may be what I am seeing in this photo. Please contact me with your opinion on this as we don’t have another eye appointment for three months and I know a quick diagnoses can be important if it is cancer. I can send you the photo to look at. Thanks you.

  13. thanks sir, ur lectures and videos was so great,easily presented,
    in video of this chapter, u wrote abt risk factor for ROP > babies less than 1500 kilograms(kg).
    but ur pdf text if correct
    thanks 🙂

  14. my 2 years10 months daughter is suffering from mild squint. our docter suggest us a spects and said that her both eye sight no is spherical +1.75 and told us that every child have low eye sight. Is every child have low eyesight and mild squint will be recover by own or when child become older then the quint recovered by own. please tell me the treatment. and why squint happend to our child

  15. my son aged 4has started to twitch( raise forehead and eyebrows) when watching tv and when i’m reading stories to him, any ideas what this might be?

  16. my son aged 4 has started to twitch repeatedly when watching tv and when i read to him, any idea what this might be?thanks

  17. My 18 month old son started about a month ago when he is playing will stop what he is doing and his eye will go up and to the left and he will blink a lot, when he stops blinking his eyes will stay there for a little bit, then he will stop and go back to playing, any idea what this is? He don’t do it everyday, and when he does it he acts like he didn’t even do anything. Thanks.

  18. Hi, My 3 month old seems fine but when i cover her right eye she freaks out but is okay when i couver her left eye. she follers things like my finger on ther right side but does not do the same with her left eye. she doesnt evemn turn her head when we talk to her from the left side. Her left eye may also look a tad smaller and when she was about a month old she had a blocked tear duct. What could be wrong o is something wrong please help

  19. Haroon Rashid says:

    My son aged 4years have diagonosed for patch one eye.And +5D spy. Glass to wear what is the cause of poor vision and is there any chance to improve vision.

  20. HOLA MI HIJA TIENE UN MES DE VIDA Y TIENE UNA DESVIACION DEL OJO IZQUIERDO. ES PERMANENTE SU DESVIO. ME GUSTARIA SABER QUE TRATAMIENTO TENGO QUE REALIZARLE, Y PORQUE ES SU DESVIO MUCHAS GRACIAS ESPERO UNA RESPUESTA. YA QUE ES MUY IMPORTANTE LA VISTA DE MI HIJA.

  21. MY SON AGE 5 MONTH HE FALLINGS TEAR EVERY TIME ON RIGHT SIDE EYE PLS. WHT I DO

  22. Linda Lawrence MD says:

    Dear Dr Root,
    Just found your videos online. Wonderful
    I need your help to design a brochure and video for working with kids with autism. I am an ophthalmologist, do alot of international work and local in Kansas with this population. If you could send me your email so we can correspond. I could not find on your website.
    I am AAO member and AAPOS member you can check me out….

    Linda Lawrence MD
    Salina, Kansas

  23. dear diana
    check with your pediatrician. your child may be having absence seizures.
    Arlene, Rn
    CT.

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  25. Hi. My dd is now 2 and was a 28 weeker. She has a weak eye which is not responding to patching. She manages well with patch on, but in the dark with patch, struggles. At recent review retinal folds or crease was mentioned and further investigation under sedation is requested. If it is a fold or crease, can her vision in this eye be improved? She has a small white patch in her pupil of her weak eye. To make matters worse, she also was born with congenital toxoplasmosis and has chlororetinal scars, but not in her field of vision. These exist in both eyes. She has no developmental delay and does not appear to be limited by vision problems, but accept she is not at reading age as yet etc. any advice please? Thanks

  26. Aly,
    Your questions are pretty specific and need to be answered by a pediatric or retina ophthalmologist. At the very least, it sounds like an exam under anesthesia is required. As far as prognosis … I have no idea.

  27. my friend is belong to an indian and she is settled in UK her baby was born with lack of eye reflex.Is it normal for asian babies?……

  28. My daughter is 7.5 weeks old. I had noticed a slight drift in her eyes a couple weeks ago, then during early morning feedings I saw one eye or the other drift quite a bit outward. Now that she has become more visually aware, I have noticed over this weekend that this is happening more frequently, for longer duration. There are times when she will seem to focus just fine, and she also follows with her eyes, objects and faces (parents and siblings!) The outward drift is intermittent. So far. I will take her to her doctor tomorrow, but I wonder if he will see what we see. Is it TOO early to detect a problem? Is it too early to treat? How can I make sure she gets treatment if it is needed?

  29. Hi, my 11 year old boy is developing something like a fold/pimple in his eye..just between the iris and the sclera.For a day i saw a fold now its starting to be red. He doesn’t show any signs of itching and doesn’t cry too.What do you think it is? please help.

  30. Hi, my 11 month boy is developing something like a fold/pimple in his eye..just between the iris and the sclera.For a day i saw a fold now its starting to be red. He doesn’t show any signs of itching and doesn’t cry too.What do you think it is? please help.

  31. My grandsons eyes are constantly moving in quick jerky back and forthmovements. They are telling us to wait till feb apt. There is no way he can possiblyfocus like this. They say his optic nerve is weak.what does this mean? And will he be able to see?
    Thanks for some needed answers
    vickie

  32. Vickie:

    1. Make sure your grandson sees a “pediatric ophthalmologist”
    2. Ask the pediatric ophthalmologist if the child needs an MRI to rule out optic nerve tumor

    Beyond this, I don’t have any answers for you. Pediatric nystagmus management is out of my practice area.

  33. When my baby turned 6 mo her pediatrician asked me if i took pics of her with flas on because when she examin her noticed some ‘condition’ on her right eye, i told her i dont use flash on her and asked if she was ok, she said it was a ‘rare’ condition but should be fine. My baby is one yrl old now and i notice she shows white pupil and not red on a fee pics i have used flash. Im not sure if its the angle or if i should take care for a checkup i Dont have a su gle photo with red eyes.

  34. Diana, you need to take your child to an actual eye doctor for a dilated eye exam. There is no way to diagnose this problem online.

  35. I’m 29, and I was born with a congenital cataract to my right eye. I had a keratophakia when I was about 1 year old. During my early childhood my mom would attempt to do the patch as was ordered by the doctor. Unfortunately I now have very very poor vision with amblyopia mostly with far sight, and cross eye at very near sight. My right eye provided me with great peripheral view at least. Since the age of 10, my ophthalmologist has diagnosed glaucoma, or not sure if the corneal transplant is having an effect on the pressure reading. Just yesterday my pressure was 32, that’s without me taking my eye drops for quite some time. Just wondering what your thoughts/insights may be on the pressure reading validity post a keratophakia at the age of 1. My opthamologist isn’t sure. This has been a life long challenge, that I continue to struggle with. Thanks in advance for your time.

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