Wanted optometrist advice about squint

[ktmummy1]

I have recently created a thread about this so apologies for another thread but I am feeling v uneasy.

My dd is 3 yrs and 3 months old.
She started squinting at the beginning of Novber. Her left eye turns inwards when looking at me from a metre to 2 metres away. It doesn't always happen but enough to worry me. This is a new squint, her eyes have always been perfectly fine until recently.

Anyway, she has been referred to eye clinic but it's a wait. In the meantime I took her to an optician. He didn't see anything wrong, she didn't squint when there. Yet it's still happening, more regularly I would say.

I feel panicky and don't know what to do- I feel uneasy like there might be something causing this to happen, more sinister than just a lazy eye.

I'm looking for any advice or reassurance anyone is able to provide whilst I wait to hear from the eye hospital.

Thanks

Saw Orthoptist today for my dd initial appointment. He did a sight test and examined her eyes using some sort of magnifying glass. He diagnosed a turn in left eye and said this was accommodative type and highly unlikely to be anything sinister. We have to go back to see the consultant when an apponintment comes up to have the eye drops test to check prescription and look at the periphery of her eyes. She will need glasses. I don't really feel reassured as we have to go back to get the eye drop test done.

The eye drops are just so they get the correct prescription. If the orthoptist says nothing is sinister why are you still not reassured? Sounds like she may be long sighted as my dd presented with a squint due to long sight.

I'm not sure why just an uneasy feeling but I do feel happy she's been seen and there's nothing obvious. X

Kt this really is most likely to be an accommodative squint I know you are very anxious about it but if there is something serious going on the type of squint you get is more often a different type of squint and is RARE

Thanks, I know you're right , this squint has coincided with a few other things eg unusually terrible behaviour etc prob totally normal fora child her age

My dd squint is definitely getting worse. It's happening more frequently and is more obvious to others too. Is this what happens with squints, I.e. they worsen quickly (it only started a month ago). Despite the Orthoptist saying she had good vision too. Bless her, her eyes look constantly tired:( will glasses be permanent in all likelihood? I have read that glasses can make the squint look worse if they're removed x

It depends on the size of the prescription as to whether glasses are needed long term. My dd has a fairly high prescription so will always need them. She does squint when her glasses are off as they are trying to focus without the help of the lenses.

Hi please can someone advise again...so I took photos of dd with a flash and on some (not all) photos, her left eye looked different, I went to optician again today, he had a quick look, (not with drops) and couldn't see anything to worry about. I have ophthalmology appt for her end of jan. I am worried.

DDS squint was picked up by our optician just before her third birthday. Our optician has never used drops.
The orthoptist diagnosed a squint caused by long sightedness. The hospital have always used drops which terrified DD.
She got her first glasses for her third birthday and was patched for three and a half years.
She's now nearly nine, her glasses prescription is minimal but when she's tired and takes them off you can still just see the squint.
We discharged her from the hospital as our six weekly appointments were tuning into six months as they were overloaded with cases. Can't fault the care we get at specsavers.
Your local optician will be seeing the same thing as the hospital ophthalmologist, drops or no drops. It's probably safe to say if they both agree there's nothing to worry about, then that's probably the case.
Hope they manage to put your mind at rest.

Hello, just catching up with this now. Please try not to worry, my three year old has a convergent squint as you describe, hers came on suddenly at 18 months old and did get a lot worse quite quickly. I also have several pics that look like the one you have taken - it's because the eyes are not straight and the flash catches the optic disc on the turning eye. Similarly to the other children on this thread,nmy daughter was diagnosed with long sightedness at the eye hospital and now wears glasses. She is also being patched at the moment as the sight in her squinting eye is poorer than in the other. The chances of you LO's being caused by anything more sinister are really tiny. Hope you've had a lovely Christmas Day.

Has anybody performed a red reflex test? If not then please, please get your GP, your optician or even your health visitor to perform one. That would rule out the sinister cause of what you are seeing in the photos, which is very rare and hugely unlikely but would put your mind at rest.

Thanks for all the comments. I'm just.carching up with it. We've seen two opticians an Orthoptist and a GP. We are seeing an opthamologist in a few weeks. Her eyes squint mainly when tired. I'm guessing the red reflex test is done by opticians as standard? I've noticed her eyes are both red most of the time in photos.

Not necessarily. It should be done as standard by GPs and optician whenever a child presents with a squint but DS managed to see 3 HCPs before anyone did one.

Hi kt, the optometrist will have looked at the back of her eyes. Usually an intermittent yellow reflex like this is due to a reflection of optic nerve head. A true leukocoria (white pupil) does not come and go. Pm me if you want any further advice