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cylindrical no 4 and4.5 of a child of age 9

by sanjayprakashsh1972, Jul 21, 2009 07:26AM

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my son is 9 years old recently i came to know that he is having cylindrical no of 4 and 4.5 in left and right eye with axis 180 . doctor of my child said that he will be a perfect person after the use of these spectacles and he will be able to remove these spectacles , As his eyes are in a habit of lazyness.

SANJAY PRAKASH SHARMA

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by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS

, Jul 21, 2009 12:57PM

Get another opinion. Wearing glasses is not like wearing braces on the teeth. The glasses will no nothing to make the astigmatism go away only make the child see better with the glasses on. I would not expect your child to outgrown the need for glasses the rest of his life.

JCH MD

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