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Hyperopia and accomoditive esotropia
My son is 3 year old. He has +4.5 number on both the eyes. He has 25 prism diopter squint without glasses. He is wearing glasses now and squint is quite more visible without glasses. Do he need to wear glasses throught the life to straight his eyes or it will improve? What i can do to fix this
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Use glasses and consult squint specialist..surgery can be done after few years of using glasses
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Power of spectacles is high in this case, so child needs to wear glasses continuously.
Regular follow up with your squint specialist is needed.
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Dr. Rutvi Parikh
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
11 yrs exp
Vadodara
Pediatrics ophthalmologist opinion is must.
As number will change accordingly with age
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Dr. Tushar Pundlik
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
8 yrs exp
Jalgaon
The single most step you have to follow kindly advise him to wear glasses for the whole day continuously so that squint will not increase.. regular 3 month eye check up by squint specialist is mandatory…
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Continue using the glasses
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Follow up 3 monthly to squint specialist
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Dr. Ravi Chandna
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
9 yrs exp
Bhopal
Needs constant use of spectacles
Kindly get an online consultation to address all your concerns
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl continue the glasses.
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Dr. Saba Kausar
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12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Use glasses regularly
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