Does anyone understand eye tests?

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The DC had an eye test today.

She mentioned that they were all slightly longsighted, but that she didn't think it was causing them any problems at the moment. On their prescription forms it says:

DS1: SPH +0.25 (both L and R)
DS2: SPH +0.50 (both L and R)
DD: SPH +0.50 (both L and R)

I have googled and seen that this means longsightedness, but how much? Is it likely to cause them any problems in the future?

DD and DS1 don't have to go back for another 12 months, but DS2 has to go back in 6 months as he couldn't see some of the letters on the chart very well. He is also very colourblind, he stared blankly at most of the pages in the book of patterns.

Am just checking really that it is nothing to worry about. It wasn't mentioned at all at their last appointment 12 months ago.

That isnt very long sighted, most people I know who are long sighted are in the +2 to +4 range.

How old is your DS2 - the ability to do those tests is I think age dependedent (I remember reading that before age 4 you cant be sure that they are colourblind)

0.25/0.5 - very mild correction. I don't think it necessarily means they will get worse. Normally, they become more short-sided with age, so should naturally become 20:20.

The long-sightedness is nothing to worry about at this stage (which is why they are recalled at 12months rather than 6). I would expect the colourblindness to be more of a concern.

DS2 is 6.

It has been pretty obvious since he was in nursery school that he couldn't differentiate between certain colours. We had his sight tested when he was 5 (which was suggested as the minimum age at which they could be sure) and this confirmed it. Colour blindness runs in our family, my brother has problems with the same colours as DS2 seems to.

I'm not sure that they can actually do anything about being colourblind though.

I'm glad that the long sightedness is nothing to worry about. I don't wear glasses and nor does DH so it's a whole new world!

Yes, 0.25 is very slightly longsighted (to give you an idea of how much, I'm -5.0 shortsighted and blind as a bat)

A lot of children's long-sightedness corrects itself as they grow, whereas if you are short-sighted as a child it only tends to get worse (so my optician told me anyway)

0.25 + is very mild. Mine is 7.25+ (also blind as a bat) - I had glasses around 10 yrs old

Very mildly longsighted. Nothing to worry about there. I am -6.75 shortsighted in one eye, -5 in the other.

If if is any comfort, I have worked with 2 colour blind men. 1 was red/green colour blind, and it ed had never affected him. 1 was totally colour blind, and it had had some restriction on his career choice - he wanted to be an electrical engineer but had trouble differentiating between wires.

Both could drive and had matching clothes!