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[kaytie109]

I took my daughter into the eye doctor and he stated she is farsighted and need glasses and she is only 2 years old she was doing weird things with her eyes like one eye inward and the other one strait it seems like she can see fine should I get another opion

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

I would suggest you to get her refraction done near an optometrist and determine if she has any power.

She should also be taken to a pediatric ophthalmologist to understand any pathology in her vision and refraction.

It is very difficult to test a 2 year old and she might be suffering from squint also. Take her to an expert and if required start with glasses and slowly with increase in age she might require a corrective squint surgery.

Take care!

[ciqala]

Hello,
You need a second opinion definitely if you are confused about what is going on with her eyes.
I can understand farsightedness needs glasses. But eye turning inwards? He never said anything about the eye turning inwards?

"Eye turning inwards" could be Esotropia, an eye condition of "cross eye", where the eye (or eyes) is turned inwards, people are usually born with it.

I have no knowledge about Esotropia,

but i was born with Intermittent Extropia, which is the opposite eye condition, "known as extreme lazy eye" where the eyes turn out the other direction.

They started me off with glasses, and wearing a prism, and eye patch hoping it would train my eyes to be straight. Usually it works fine for people with mild extropia.
When that didn't work, i had to undergo four eye surgeries to correct my vision. If I never had the eye surgeries, i would have seen double for the rest of my life or eventually gone blind. Hoping your daughters case is not as extreme as that, and if she is in need of corrective eye surgery, please make sure she has counselling and support to deal with the trauma of such - i never received that when i was a little girl and now i have PTSD because of it.

Anyway it would be good to get a second opinion.

[gymdandee]

The weird things, is this done only when she wears the glasses? The doctor was he an Ophthalmologist or an Optometrist? I would only have an Ophthalmologist examine my eyes!
Have you taken her back to the doctor and if so what did he say? If not take her back and tell him what she does and get an explanation from him and if you're not happy with that then go to another  Ophthalmologist.