What is a paediatric ophthalmologist?
"Ophthalmologist" is one word doing three jobs in a parent's head. Here is what a paediatric ophthalmologist actually is, the training behind the title, and why a child's eye exam is not just a smaller version of an adult's.
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Which eye problems actually need a paediatric specialist?
A blocked tear duct, a stye, mild long-sightedness: most eye problems in children do not need a subspecialist. A short, honest list of which ones do.
Screens
Atropine for myopia control: what the drops do and what the numbers actually say
What the drop is thought to do, the doses that have been tested, and where the trials disagree.
Warning signs
Two different-coloured eyes: when it is genetics and when it needs a same-day look
The genetic pattern that needs nothing, and the small list of signs alongside it that do.
Warning signs
My child was poked in the eye: what to do in the first minutes
What to look at in the first minutes, what makes it same-day, and what not to do.
Screens
Does screen size matter? Phone, tablet, TV and your child's eyes
Bigger feels safer. The evidence is really about distance, not diagonal inches.
Red, sticky & watery eyes
Little pearly bumps on your child's eyelid: molluscum, and why the eye can stay red
A pearly little bump on the lash line can be the hidden reason one eye stays red for weeks.
Or start with their age
what matters at each stagethe short version, every week
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