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Suggest Treatment For Eye Pain With Vision Problem
Hello My son is four years old and wears glasses. His prescription has went up twice since he first started wearing them at two years old.Now his prescription is a +5.00 in one eye and 5.50 in his other eye. He still complainsee about his eye hurting but the eye doctor said it's normal. Is it anything that can be done about this. Thanks
Wed, 18 Jun 2014
Your son has refractive error on the + side which is called Hyperopia. He needs regular eye check ups with refraction done after putting dilating drops. He needs to wear glasses constantly as there will be risk of LAZY EYE if not used at this age .
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