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04-24-2014, 11:14 AM | #16 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
My sons problem was blinking and how that affected his vision. He still goes through times where he blinks. His MRI was clear. It wasn't difficult at all for him. But, he is quite a brave guy.
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04-24-2014, 11:54 AM | #17 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
Thank you. Appointment is at 2:30 MDT, so in an hour and a half. Please pray. My biggest prayer for this appointment is not that they don't find anything wrong, but rather that IF there is anything to find that they DO find it, that the Dr will recommend whatever needs to happen, so for example that if she needs an MRI that the Dr will recommend one.
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04-24-2014, 12:13 PM | #18 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
Following and agreeing in prayer.
Does she already have glasses?
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04-24-2014, 12:17 PM | #19 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
Is she taking any meds? lamictal makes my eyes very blurry sometimes
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
Hope you get to the bottom of this!
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
for the visit to go well.
I started to type this morning on my phone and had to put it down. I get intermittent blurry vision, but it's 100% related to my use of a backlit device. It is worse when I use it in the dark. So reading on my phone in the dark or reading on a backlit Kindle will cause my vision to be fuzzy - even for several hours! (depends on how long I was reading like that.)
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04-24-2014, 03:19 PM | #23 |
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04-24-2014, 04:45 PM | #24 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
She had a very thorough eye exam this afternoon. Her vision all checked out including her pupil responding to light properly and it was all good. He said she had a very mild prescription, but not worth getting glasses for. I asked her to fix up his lenses to her prescription so she could try it out and see if it solved the blurriness, which she said it did. The only thing he said that COULD be concerning is that some of the border of her optic nerve indicated a slightly higher than normal intracranial pressure. He said we could do an MRI to make me feel better, but he wouldn't if it was his daughter and that doing it would just be to ease my anxiety. I asked him if he saw 100 kids my dd's age how many would have the same very slightly increased intracranial pressure and he said ten. Knowing what an MRI entails I don't think I want to put her through it just to ease my anxiety. I think it would give her more anxiety than it would ease for me, and if really ten of a hundred kids would have what she has, I don't think it's a problem. He did say it might be worth doing if she got more frequent headaches or if her headaches were all in the same spot, but given the circumstances he doesn't think the MRI is necessary.
ETA: I'd love to know what you all would do in this situation- would you do the MRI? I don't want to miss anything I should catch. We do have insurance, if that matters, but I am a cheapskate. Obviously I will do any necessary tests, though. It's just putting her through it that worries me more; if 10% of kids have what she has I figure it can't be that bad.
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04-24-2014, 10:01 PM | #25 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
Since most of the doctors I know over-prescribe tests rather than under-prescribe (they have to work from a "cover your butt" paradigm), and the dr doesn't recommend the MRI, I'd go with no.
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04-24-2014, 10:13 PM | #26 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo?
I'm glad the doctor seemed to do a thorough job.
I don't think I'd do the MRI either.
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04-24-2014, 10:16 PM | #27 |
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo? update from appointmentpos
I wouldn't right now.
My hubby has that pressure issue. His is pretty bad. Doc said to have surgery for it when he's in his 50s or 60s. I don't know anything beyond that, but I can ask him. We've known the eye doctor for 33 years. He was a ped first and he treated my newborn sister 3 decades ago.
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo? update from appointmentpos
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Re: What would cause intermittent blurry vision in a 10yo? update from appointmentpos
I might be wrong, but I think the dr meant that it looked similar to optic nerves with high inter cranial pressure, but sometimes they just looked heaped but are not, if that makes sense. If he really thought there was some true swelling, yeah, something would have to be done.
If your DD thought it was clearer with the small Rx, I would definitely let her get the glasses to use. Some people do better with low scripts. I would recommend running a visual field test. Much less invasive and cheaper than an MRI. That can show if there is something impinging somewhere on the visual tract so it can show up problems between the brain, optic nerves to the retina and the pattern gives an idea where the problem is. If the visual fleld came out clear that would be good to know it had been checked out. Maybe call back and ask about bringing her in for that?
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