Aniscorscia - New Symptoms

We have been told that my daughter has Aniscorcia.  She had a urin test to check for Horner's Syndrom (syndrome) and it came back negative.  In the past 3 weeks we have noticed that she is blinking the effected eye often and not in unisoin with the other eye.  She blinks it very slowly and has been playing with it a great deal, rubbing and touching etc.  We also notice that when she looks down her eyes appear to turn in.  Her primary care doctor said this could be a false situtation. We tried to visit her ped. opth. and it was a nightmare.  We waited for 2 hours to get her eyes dialated and they still had not seen us. I am trying to get an appointment with a Ped. Opth. at Children's Hospital Los Angeles in hopes that they can give us more information.  Do you have any idea as to what may be going on with her eyes?  Also,  I don't know what questions or tests to ask for when I finally get the appointment set.

Thank You

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

There is a shortage of pediatric ophthalmologists and the ones there are are badly over-worked (with the malpractice insurance crisis and falling reimbursement from private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid this will only get worse). So you should be prepared for long waits whereever you go.

youd child needs to see a pediatric ophthalmologist. Make the arrangements soon. Find one at www.aao.org

JCH MD

[JodieJ]

My initial appointment with a pediatric/strabismus ophthalmologist was a disaster, too.  I had an afternoon appointment, the doctor was running behind, and I was only seen for 2-3 minutes.  The staff suggested that I reschedule for an early morning appointment, and this turned out to be good advice.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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