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How Do I Reduce The Cylindrical Power Of A Child?

hello, my 5 year old son has some cylindrical ----- (dont know the exact word) problem in his eye. he goes to school and doesnt face any difficulty in reading or in any thing related to eyes. i just wanted to know if this problem grows if he doesnt wear glasses. and one more thing is lasic a final solution for this.
Fri, 31 Oct 2014
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I reviewed your history. It seems from the history that your five year old son is having refractive power requiring cylindrical power. This is called as astigmatism.
This will increase if he does not wears spectacles as the eye ball grows. You should see that he wears the glasses regularly and get his eye examination done once in a year to check for any change in the refractive power and correction accordingly.
Lasik is corrective refractive laser surgery and it can be done once the refractive power stabilizes and it is done after the age of 21 years.

Hope this information is helpful to you.

Thank you
With regards
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How Do I Reduce The Cylindrical Power Of A Child?

Hello Welcome to Health care magic. I reviewed your history. It seems from the history that your five year old son is having refractive power requiring cylindrical power. This is called as astigmatism. This will increase if he does not wears spectacles as the eye ball grows. You should see that he wears the glasses regularly and get his eye examination done once in a year to check for any change in the refractive power and correction accordingly. Lasik is corrective refractive laser surgery and it can be done once the refractive power stabilizes and it is done after the age of 21 years. Hope this information is helpful to you. Thank you With regards