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Medical Forum / General / Vision / September 2006My daughter has lost vision
My daughter 8rs old...was hit in the head at school by a fellow student who kicked a soccer ball at close range to the back of her head. She suffered concussion and all the symptoms....including loss of vision. It wasnt a week later and hit again in the head with another ball ! She was taken to accident and emergency and concluded that she suffered concussion and had to keep an eye out for any symptoms and side effects. Now a month later the headaches have gone away but she still has blurred vision. Been to see specialists and had a catscan and checks by the optomologist. Conclussion ...there is no sign of damage to the brain. The eyes are in good health. They know it must be something neurological but dont know what it is or what to do. Just by chance I was in the chemist with my daughter and tried a pair of prescription glasses on ..low power and by chance it reduced the blur...so much that she could actually read again. I took her to the optomotrist who recomended 0.5 weak glasses and its seems to be working. With out glasses she cannot even see the eye chart. However there is no explanation to what is happening. One suggestion is there is a thing called Streffs syndrome. I have also found out that my daughter had mentioned that her eyesight was getting blurred before the accident...and the accident made it worse. She did have a case of the flu the month before. Can anyone make out what could be going on. Looking forward to your replys NZed > Just by chance I was in the chemist with my daughter and tried a pair > of prescription glasses on ..low power and by chance it reduced the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > With out glasses she cannot even see the eye chart. > However there is no explanation to what is happening. Myopia? >From all accounts ...her eyes checked out okay...nothing wrong physically with them. Hence the optomotrist and optomologist saying that its more likely to be a neurological problem. NZed > > Just by chance I was in the chemist with my daughter and tried a pair > > of prescription glasses on ..low power and by chance it reduced the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Myopia? On 9/25/06 5:19 PM, in article 1159229951.492488.77460@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "NZed" <nzedsurfer@hotmail.com> wrote: > My daughter 8rs old...was hit in the head at school by a fellow student > who kicked a soccer ball at close range to the back of her head. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > NZed I am not a health professional, but your description makes little sense. For a +0.5 [diopter] pair of glasses to make the difference between being able to read [a book] and not being able to see the eye chart sounds crazy. Bill -- Fermez le Bush This is what I also find crazy. She cannot see clearly ...she complains of fuzzy vission ..ie if you put up one finger she will not just see two ...but several. Her eyes when checked have no abnormality.....she has also been checked to see any damage to the cornea or tumours...nothing...clear bill of health. The glasses are +0.5 NZed > On 9/25/06 5:19 PM, in article > 1159229951.492488.77460@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "NZed" [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > Bill > -- Fermez le Bush > I am not a health professional, but your description makes little sense. > For > a +0.5 [diopter] pair of glasses to make the difference between being able > to read [a book] and not being able to see the eye chart sounds crazy. Yeah, it might. He said "prescription" so it might have been minus, and everything would click. Oh no... an emerging myope at the threshold. -MT >My daughter 8rs old...was hit in the head at school by a fellow student [snip] >Just by chance I was in the chemist with my daughter and tried a pair >of prescription glasses on ..low power and by chance it reduced the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >With out glasses she cannot even see the eye chart. >However there is no explanation to what is happening. [snip] If "cannot even see" means can't read any letters, then what you describe seems to me to be a normal case of a child growing into myopia (aka nearsightedness). I was 10 before a school eye exam showed that I needed glasses. The ball to the head may very well be a red herring, and she just needs glasses.  Signature- Mike Ignore the Python in me to send e-mail. > My daughter 8rs old...was hit in the head at school by a fellow student > who kicked a soccer ball at close range to the back of her head. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > was getting blurred before the accident...and the accident made it > worse. it is always difficult to provide advice on specific cases over the web; this site is more useful for general information about diagnosed conditions than a diagnosis from afar. Do the glasses that help have a prescription of +0.50 or -0.50? If plus, then the head injury may have impaired her accommodation -- the ability to change focus of the eyes. Normally an eight year old has lots of accommodation and +0.50 would not be a problem for distance vision or near vision. Whiplash injury has been well documented to sometimes result in reduced accommodation with both near and far blur. This usually recovers after several months. Mention this to her neuro and ophtho, they can do a quick literature search of "whiplash and accommodation" and measure your daughter's accommodation. Dr Judy > She did have a case of the flu the month before. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > NZed |
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