What would be the cost of squint treatment in a 2.6 year old. He has not worn glasses yet though it was prescribed to him. I want to get an idea so that we can get him treated quickly.
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There is no short cut or quick treatment .if we want good things to happen to child .go according to prescription of glasses.
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You should not go for Squint surgery at the age if 2.5 years because you cannot assess vision of your child at this age, first vision assessment is must before going Squint Surgery because your child may be suffering from lazy eye called amblyopia in medical terminology. Diminition of vision without any pathology is known as amblyopia & in common language called lazy eye. Amblyopic eye can only be treated upto 10 years with the help of occlusion &,pleoptic treatment which is not available every where, you will have consult eye hospital with well equipped orthopedics & pleoptic department with well trained paramedical staff. Parents� with amblyopic child will have to search such hospital .I have experience of minimum 2000 children getting 6/6 or 6/9 from less than 6/60 vision but diagnosis of amblyopia before 10 years is must because there is not much improvement even after dedicated pleoptic for 2-3 months. Lazy eye ultimately to divergent squint because it takes anatomical position, our eyes are straight because vision keeps eye straight. Eyes with no Vision or very less vision will always lead to divergent squint, so eyes with divergent squint even after squint surgery again results into divergent squint. Most important point to note here is if amblyopic child vision is restored normal with the help of pleoptic treatment & the operated for Squint surgery it will remain straight & have binocular single Vision through out life & child will never face the problem of divergent squint again in Squint surgery is only successful if operated after treatment of amblyopia.
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Hello You must consult local ophthalmologist and he will perform cycloplegic refraction to evaluate if any glasses are required Moreover your child is old enough. We have many techniques which can give us fair idea about vision Trreatment of squint depends on type and amount of deviation. If required. Early surgery is better.
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