Why am I different?

Kiara and her mother walked into my clinic one Monday morning. I wondered why this twelve-year-old adolescent had skipped school to come and see me.

Are my child’s eyes like my mother’s?

In my clinic one of the commonest questions, I am asked when I diagnose the presence of a refractive error and start discussing spectacle wear, is if this is hereditary.

Why does my child blink so much?!

It can be alarming when your child blinks excessively and does not seem to be able to stop even when asked to.

Cornea trouble in the young

Nina was not happy about coming for an eye test. She was the last appointment on a busy Friday. Her mother had picked her up from school and brought her to my clinic without much delay.
Cerebral Visual Impairment

Stumbling across CVI (Cerebral visual Impairment)

The family had travelled a long way from a small city in Bangladesh. Amit was their only child, a precious one born after ten years of marriage.

Love you Mam, but where are you?

The family had travelled a long way from a small city in Bangladesh. Amit was their only child, a precious one born after ten years of marriage.

The child who stumbled

Keya was two years old when her parents brought her in for an eye examination. This charming kid was however born with a large squint.
Eye excercises

Eye exercises: Does my child need to do them?

When a child is prescribed spectacle correction, there are many questions that the parents ask. Sometimes they express a feeling of guilt that they did not bring the child in for an eye examination sooner.

Fair and lovely and yet….

Last week in the clinic, I met a lovely family. They had travelled a long way to seek advice for their 6-year-old daughter. What struck me as the child walked in was that she was much fairer skinned than both her parents.

When should I rub my eyes?

Spring is definitely a beautiful time of the year, with new leaves and blossoms. Unfortunately for many children it is synonymous with allergy season. Eye allergies or allergic conjunctivitis can be quite troublesome and lead to some unpleasant consequences. Let us take a look at eye allergies.