Fuzzy eyesight

[MascaraOHara]

should I tkae dd to see an optician or the doctor?

she's 5, has been complaining for a month or so but I didn't take her seriously for the first couple of weeks as she wants glasses but when she was persistant and consistant with the eye. The first optician appointment I could get 3 week ago was for next week but now I'm thinking maybe I should take her to GP instead..

It's sporadic rather than constant, which I think is what's concerning me.

The other day she stumbled into me while we were walking and I apologised as I was slightly in front and thought I might have cut her up a bit and she said "sorry mummy my eye went fuzzy again"

I think I might wait until the optician appointment

Sometimes she says she has a headache but it's definitely not at the same time as the eye complaint.. she will complain about her eye randomly when we are out or she's watching telly, she'll tell me it happened at achool.. there's no pattern.. it seems to only last a short time. We'll see I guess.

I couldn't get an appointment with docs for 2 weeks anyway

fuzzy eyes could also be due to tiredness
can you ring round opticians .. 2 weeks sounds an awfully long time

is it both eyes or only one?

when she says fuzzy is it like looking through a bathroom window or just that she can't focus

difficult questions for a 5 year old I know

(have had some experience with eye stuff so there is a point to questions)

I think if this was my child I would insist on a speedier appointment. They must have emergency appointments, I would take one of those. She may need a referral to an opthalmologist rather than an optician esp as she is so young.

It's just one eye and it's always the same one which is what made me think she was telling the truth.

I'll ask her later if she can describe what the 'fuzzy' is like.

I booked the optician appointment weeks ago and it was the soonest one I could get but the GP appointment was two weeks for one late afternoon. I have to phone on the day to get an appointment between 9 and 5 I think. I could try and do that on Thursday but might as well wait until the optician appointment next week then(?)

What's the difference between an opthamologist(?) and an optician?

An opthalmologist is a Dr who has specialised in eyes, dealing with disease and surgery, an optician can check your sight, correct your vision and the check the health of your eyes.

ah thank you - I've always wondered

You're welcome

Mascara I think if its one eye its less likely to be tiredness per se but may well be that eye is struggling harder to focus

I think an optician is a good idea .. if the fuzziness in the one eye doesn't clear though please get her seen earlier (consider doc or A&E)

I'll get her an appointment with GP the day after the optician if they don't come up with anything I think. It's a bit worrying. I'll let you know if I can get a more accurate description of 'Fuzzy'

If she can't tell you what it's like when fuzzy then ask her to draw what it looks like, draw a simple shape and ask her to draw would look like when fuzzy - young children can often draw what a classic migraine "looks" like but have trouble explaining it. Hope you can get to the bottom of it soon.

DD's drawing isn't uyp to much atm (she has been failry slow developing all of her motor skills.

I drew two houses and asked her to make one of them look like it does when her eyes go fuzzy. She drew yellow dots all over it (in white paper so couldn't use white)

then I asked her about the water/glass thing and she said it is like looking through front door glass.

Migraine can be one sided - and the visual disturbance can be losing patches of vision, zig zag lines or everything "shimmering" which sounds like the looking through front door glass bit. Another indication it could be migraine related would be if it came on when her blood sugar is low (this is what happens with DD). Hope the optician can get to the bottom of it.