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Eye Injuries in Children

Guides for Giving Medication

Allergic Conjuctivities (Eye Allergy)

Better Vision for Babies Who Sleep in the Dark

Blocked Tear Duct

Check infant's eyes for retinoblastoma

Chemicals in the Eye

Children and Color Vision

Congenital Cataracts

Congenital Glaucoma

Eye Infection with Pus (Bacterial)

Eye Infection Without Pus

Eye Injuries in the Home

Eye on Safety Makes Halloween Less Scary

Eye Safety begins at Home

Fireworks Pose Dangerous Risks, Especially to Children

First Aid for the Eye - What every parent should know

Focus on safety: Have kids wear protective eyewear for sports

Foreign Body in the Eye

Getting Kids to Wear their Glasses

Have Something in your Eye? Here's What to do!

How to Improve Your Child's Eye-Q

How To Tell the Causes of Pink Eye

Inhalant Abuse Information for Parents

Inhalant Abuse is on the Rise

Keep Eye on Child's Vision Problems

Myths about the Eye

New Baby Brings New Experiences and New Anxieties

Our Resources for Avoiding a Parent's Worst Nightmare - Substance Abuse

Pet Allergies

Protecting your child's vision

Retinopathy of prematurity

Safe Sumer Celebrations

Shedding more Light on Eye Trouble

Signs of Possible Eye Trouble in Children

Signs of Childhood Cancer

Signs of Possible Eye Problems in Children

Spotting Vision Disorders Early Saves Sight

Sunglasses More Than a Fashion Statement

Toy Safety a Major Cause of Concern for Parents and Gift-Givers This Year

Vision Milestones

Watch for Eye Care "Red Flags"

What Can a Newborn See?

What is Amblyopia?

What is Periorbital cellulitis?

When to send your child back to school

When to worry about your child's headache's

Your Baby's Eyes

Health Information from our Experts

I took my child to his pediatrician because of runny eyes and the doctor said he had an ear infection. Do ear and eye infections go together?...

My child seems to squint when looking at objects. Should I have his eyes checked?...

How can I tell if my newborn can see?...

My daughter has a "lazy eye." What is meant by a "lazy eye?"...

What is a sty?...

Is there any way a parent can tell if their child needs glasses? ...

My daughter is developing a painful sty in her eye. Is there any way I can stop this before it gets too far? ...

My one month old son has a problem with his eye. His left eye looks weaker, smaller, and sleepier than his right eye. What can I do to help him get more control from his left eye. We are very worried and would appreciate your advice. ...

My son is almost 9 months old. During a doctors appointment last week, his pediatrician was examining his ears. Tyler cried very hard. When the examination was over, I noticed a red spot in the white of his eye. I was "talking" to Tyler and asked him...

I have a 5-month-old. When he was born, they said he had a blocked tear duct and gave me some drops. I have noticed when he cries he still has no tears what could this mean please helped getting worried ...

I received an email today warning about the dangers of using waterproof sunscreen. It said that getting sunscreen in the eye can cause blindness. I am very concerned. Is this true? ...

I took my 12-month-old son to his pediatrician and the doctor noticed that his eyes crossed whenever he was playing with a toy or looked at the doctor. Otherwise, his eyes are fine. Is this a problem and how much should I be concerned? ...

My four month old daughter has uneven pupil sizes when you bring her into a darkened room. In bright lighting her pupils look the same size, but the right eye's pupil becomes noticeably larger than the left eye as soon as she is in a darker area. Please ...

My four-month-old daughter has uneven pupil sizes when you bring her into a darkened room. In bright lighting her pupils look the same size, but the right eye's pupil becomes noticeably larger than the left eye as soon as she is in a darker area. Pleas...

I've had several doctors tell me that my 3-year-old son has hypertelorism determined by his wide-set eyes. He seems to be developing normally, but his current pediatrician said it would be a good idea to have him see a specialist to make sure there will n...

My four year old has been developmental delayed since nine months and I recently noticed a problem with his eyes: they cross severely when looking down and when looking from side to side. I took him to the eye specialist who prescribed him glasses that h...

My granddaughter recently had her eyes tested in school with the following results: both eyes 20/50, left eye 20/70, right eye 20/50. My question is, how bad are those figures. My daughter made an appointment for her with an ophthalmologist. She seems t...

We have 22 month old twin boys born at 38 weeks. Just before their one year birthday we took them to a pediatric eye doctor for an exam because we have heavy family history of various eye problems and had notice what we thought might be a lazy eye with one...

Can wearing glasses(myopia)cause further weakening of eyes in school going children ? My son is 10 years old and got a prescription for both eyes (-0.75). Aren't contact lenses "safer"? I heard many different opinions. ...

Thank you in advance if you can answer my question. My 5 year old son has started to blink excessively. He is definitely not aware that he is doing this. Should he been seen by an eye doctor? Is this a nervous condition? ...

My son has a vision concern (double vision and blurred) Two Ophthomolgists gave him glasses. One said he was far sighted the other said near sighted. He's tried orthoptics, which may have helped. Now he seeing another doctor that said his glasses were over...

I have a 3 month old son and give him a bath everyday and he still has this wired oder to him. Ill even put lotion and baby oil on him but he still smells bad. And the other problem I have is a few weeks after I brought him home from the hospital I noticed...

My eight year old daughter spends hours playing computer games. Does spending too much time in front of the computer hurt her vision? ...

Can a newborn see his parents' faces clearly? And does a baby respond to black-and-white more than color? ...

My daughter recently had a health screening at school and failed her eye test. The school health nurse waid that "Teiana has an esophoria" of both eyes and strongly recommended that she see a doctor as soon as possible. I am scared out of my life and now h...

Hello, I recently had a baby boy and on the second day after his birth I took a flash picture of him and the baby blinked his eyes. Did the flash affect his eyes, even if I took the picture at a close distance?...

My 7 year old son's eyes have recently begun to "stray" or not both look at the same thing at the same time. One eye tends to turn out more. The eye doctor so far has said that is developmental and will correct itself, but over the last month it has gotton...

took my 12-month-old son to his pediatrician and the doctor noticed that his eyes crossed whenever he was playing with a toy or looked at the doctor. Otherwise, his eyes are fine. Is this a problem and how much should I be concerned? ...

My 6 year old daughter was shifting her head from side to side when watching TV so I took her to an eye doctor who recommended glasses for the short term and eye exercises in the future. He said that the muscles were not strong enough to allow her clear ...

Our 5-year-old son has an eye infection in both eyes that requires antibiotic eye drops. It is a huge if not impossible battle to give him the drops. He hates anything being put in his eye. Now, the infection still has not cleared and the doctor has presc...

My doctor told me that my baby has blocked tear ducts. What causes this? Can I do anything to help it? ...

My one year old child had a cough for two weeks and then developed blood shot eyes. Any ideas?...

Can you recommend any books I could read to my five year old who is about to get glasses? ...

I have a two month old daughter. When she cries she has no tears, and I was wondering when she will begin to have tears when she cries. ...

What is MICRO Syndrome. A geneticist at University of Alabama, Birgmingham suggests my daughter be seen for this. I do not know anything about this. ...

NO TEARS My 13 month old daughter did not start crying tears until she was 11 months old and only once or twice has she even had enough tears that spill over. The other children around her have cried tears since about two weeks of age. and yes she gets ups...

RUBBING EYES My son constently rubs and pokes his eyes, mainly while he is sat in his high chair eating, but it seems that he is doing it all the time now. He had his 15 month check up last week and the doctor suggested we give him some eye drops, (the nam...

My infant is 10 weeks old and for the past three days when she focuses on something her eyes seem to croos. She seems to be doing it often throughout the day. Should I be concerned?...

My daughter had what appeared to be a thick, yellow discharge draining from her tearduct yesterday. The area of the eyeball that was in contact with the discharge was also a little pink, while the rest of the eye had normal coloring. I cleaned the area wit...

Our 6 year old had been observed shifting her head to focus on tv at latch key after school. Her pediatrician referred us to an eye dr. but my health plan sent us to another pediatric eye dr. The first dr. diagnosed her with bifactoral (sp?) and ...

My son who is 2 1/2 seems to be getting pink eye quite often. What exactly is this and how is it contracted. Will this damage his eye when he gets older? How serious is this? He does go to a babysitters house with other children but sometimes he gets pink ...

I have a 3 month old little girl. Yesterday and today I noticed that her left eye is watering a lot and that there is a white mucous discharge. The whites of her eyes are clear, not red and the lids do not appear to be swollen. She does not have a cold nor...

My 20-month-old daughter has had a slight, bluish semi-circular hue in both corners of both eyes (in the whites of her eyes) since she was born. My pediatrician says not to worry about it and that the blue hue will fade. I see no signs of any vision proble...

My 10 year old spends many hours in front of the computer. Will it cause any vision problems?...

My son is 9 months old, it's seems that when he looks straight or when he's falling asleep and his eyes are closing, one of his eyes tends to move inward. I read something about a lazy eye or a misaligned eye. I don't know if this is what he has could t...