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Good Evening Dr, Earlier This Afternoon My 6 Month Old

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Posted on Fri, 27 Sep 2019
Question: Good evening Dr,

Earlier this afternoon my 6 month old son was sleeping on my chest face up, where a beam of sunlight was reflecting off of my silver colored Jeep Grand XXXXXXX car right through my front window directly in my sons face. His eyes were closed because he was sleeping but could this direct sunlight (reflected off car) damage my sons eyes at all? I close my eyes and look up at sun and can see light penetrating through my eye lids. I’m very worried and i suffer from severe anxiety. I do not want my beautiful baby boy to injure his eyes at all.

Thanks!!!!
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Answered by Dr. Harshita (5 hours later)
Brief Answer:
No don’t worry it won’t affect

Detailed Answer:
hey thanks for the question. I don’t think this kind of exposure would be harmful to your son’s eyes at all so don’t worry and relax . hope my answer helps you . Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Answered by Dr. Harshita (12 hours later)
Brief Answer:
No it doesn’t but stil can use sunglasses

Detailed Answer:
Hey thanks for the question. Dont worry this will not damage the eyes but still for his comfort you may give him sunglasses . Hope it helps. Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad
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Follow up: Dr. Harshita (14 minutes later)
Could the sun effect a kids eye coming through the window while driving down a highway? My son today was in his car seat looking at the window with the sun beaming down on him, he was crying and morning and putting his hands up to his face. I was on highway and couldn’t do anything about it. It was 45 minutes of sun exposure. Should I be worried?
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Follow up: Dr. Harshita (1 hour later)
He is 20 months old
And refuses to wear them. I’m nervous he has permanent retinal
Damage because of the incident driving in the car. Could he go blind from looking st sun or sunshine directly going into his eye?
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Answered by Dr. Harshita (15 hours later)
Brief Answer:
No he won’t have permanent damage don’t worry

Detailed Answer:
hey thanks for the follow up . I don’t think he would have permanent damage so be relaxed . Hope it helps . regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Good Evening Dr, Earlier This Afternoon My 6 Month Old

Brief Answer: No don’t worry it won’t affect Detailed Answer: hey thanks for the question. I don’t think this kind of exposure would be harmful to your son’s eyes at all so don’t worry and relax . hope my answer helps you . Regards