Getting second eye test, for dd or let it go.

[lexcat]

DD has had problems, headaches and sore eyes with closes up work. Likes sitting at the back of class as the white board is clearer. Won't read books with small print as after a short time she finds it to hard, because the words become unclear. She has always been an avid reader and is reading less and less.

Took her to have her eyes checked and basically told yes she slightly long sighted in one eye but not enough for glasses. Plus the optician pretty much had made up her mind that all dd problem had been dreamed up by dd so she could get glasses.

I'm not to happy and would like a second opinion rang spec savers and they said it would cost £22.95 to get her retested.

Am I been a paranoid mother and I should just except her eyes are fine or is it worth pushing for a second test as specsavers said they often print vouchers in the local paper for free testing that I could use.

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I'm starting to feel like I'm just been paranoid. Anyone

definitely get it re-tested. that is not sounding like slightly long sighted to me. we discovered our dd1 is terribly long sighted. having glasses has changed her life. what is the worst that happnes if ou have another test? poss lose a bit of money and a bit of time? if you discover something then you could have made life so much better for your dd. go for it. no reason not to. your gp should be able to refer you to local hospital - our care is all from the hospital.

I really wanted glasses when i was about 11, and while i was found to be long-sighted in one eye i did overdo the symptoms both to my mother and the optician . Led to me being prescribed glasses for reading but i used them all the time which damaged my eyes. So my point is, do you think there is a chance that she's exaggerating? Sure it's not the case

If I felt she wanted glasses I would think that, but she was really happy not to have glasses.

I was thinking could she have an astigmatism as I've read they often go undetected in children but do get worse if untreated in children. As this would explain the fact I've had concerns for some time but things seem to be getting worse. Is this unlikely or not as how easy is it to test for if it's only slight astigmatism in a child.

Hey - my DS has astigmatism which was only picked up following his school eye test in Reception. Apparently his eyes were quite bad..but we hadn't noticed and

How old is your DD ? I would go to a different optician and say that you were not happy with the original test. Will you have to pay ? I'm not sure. All of DS eye tests are free and I am not sure there is a limit to the amount he can have in a year. He gets his eye's tested every 6 months at the moment as his perscription changes regularly.

With regard to testing slight astigmatism - to give you an idea of my DS first eye exam, they did the following: they test using the letters etc, they put drops in the eyes to enlarge the pupils to look into the back of his eyes, they took photo's of the back of his eyes, ask him to look at vertical lines , looking at different colours. As far as I am concerned astigmatism is when the shape of the lense is a rugby ball when it should be a football.

DS was originally referred to the Eye Clinic at our Hospital. Would it be possible to ask your GP if you could be referred ?

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