2 year old eye diagnosis

[ms77]

My 2 year old son was diagnosed with myopia and astigmatism. Pediatric ophthalmologist said he may need glasses in next 9-12 months. It was a surprise to us as none in our family wear glasses and he can spot even smallest airplane in sky. Do not understand how can he be farsighted when he picks out even tiny distant things. His Retinoscopy Reflex shows following numbers:
-1.25 + 1.00 x 175, -1.25 +1.00 x 170. What these number mean? Is there any chance his eye condition may improve as he grows or it will only get worse and there's no other option than glasses. Any input will help.
Thanks.

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

As I said there is very little myopia mostly astigmatism (to determine the average refractive error you have to determine what is called the spherical equivalent of the glasses RX  when you do that the amount of myopia is -0.75

By the time your child is a teenager it is likely that almost everyone can get rid of single vision glasses by using one of the new lasers under development such as the femtosecond laser.

The first pediatric refractive surgery department in the United States was just formed here in Kansas City Missouri at Children's Mercy Hospital under the direction of Drs. Oliksky and Erin Stahl.  Other's will follow across the United States.

JCH MD

[ms77]

Thanks for your reply. Sorry for incorrectly using "farsighted" word in my post, it was suppose to be "nearsighted". During the diagnosis session, I did not know much about myopia or astigmatism, and asked doctor if our son would grow out of it. His answer was that myopia will only increase as child grows. Same goes for astigmatism. Since diagnosis, I have researched about myopia and want to take initiatives to help my son, like increase outdoor time, less TV and books at home and keeping house well lit. I have not read much about astigmatism. Thanks for your input, I am going to read more on it.

It seems that -1.25 would be considered slight myopia. Have you known any case who has gone to normal vision after being slight myopic? It would give me encouragement because eye MD kind of alluded that myopia onset can never be reversed.