7 YR old with fuzzy eyes/double vision hospital cannot find anything wrong

ANNIEHAHA

Hi my 7 year old son has complained that he sees double and gets 'fuzzy' eyes , it does not seem to make a difference if he is at the front of the class or the back.
He was referred to the hospital where he passes all the eye tests and they cannot find anything wrong. So we were sent home and had to hold a pen in front of him gradually moving it toward him to make his eyes go in.
He is a year behind at school and I feel the hospital were saying he was lying.
I would appreciate anyones advice on how to help his learning or where to go from here.

frivolous_fay

What do the opticians say?

wannabe_a_mum

Hi

Have they checked to see if he has keratoconus as this is how I felt when I was first diagnosed when in the sixth Form at school.....at first they just gave me glasses but then realised what was wrong when glasses made me see 4 of things!

I'd go to your doctor, but one of the ways to test yourself would be to see if it's worse when there's more light around him...as in keratoconus light is distorted by the cornea...makes things look extremely fuzzy

ANNIEHAHA

doctor said go to optitions , optition referred to hospital, he passes the eye tests fine and they cannnot find anything wrong with his eyes under examination. Last time she made me feel like he was lying.
they dont seem to find anything wrong with all their tests

cheepskate_2

hi

dont know if it is any help, my 7 year old complains of this sporadically, and all the tests come back as clear. In fact at times he struggles to give the correct answers to the eye test and screws his eyes up. lo and behold he wants glasses? for some strange reason, and tries at every opertunity to tell us his eyes are fuzzy.

only when we take him andget him tested can we convince him he is not getting them, then it dies down and he forgets about it., until it rears it little head again

Fen1

There could be a couple of things wrong:
1. Is his classroom very bright or quite dark? His vision could be distorted by either or both.
2. Does his class use a computer white-board? It could be too bright or dim for him to see - every persons eyes are unique, so might be fine for other people.
3. Does he get any other symptoms? Headaches, nausea, tiredness, blurred speech? I'm sure the doctors have probably asked all these questions, but it might be worth checking in case he is having migraines.
4. Ask him to carry a diary and write down when the vision problems occur, what he's doing, conditions in the classroom etc. Might be a bit difficult if he is a little one. It might make it easier if you make his teacher aware of the situation with his vision, and to help him keep a diary.
5. Dehydration. It always amazes me how little water children are given to drink in school. This could certainly be affecting him: he would get a headache which would then make seeing diificult/ painful. Also note what he is eating - is he getting plenty of beneficial omega 3,6,9, oils and vitamins in his diet?

nedmundo

Have you considered the possibility that the hospital is correct and that maybe your son is malingering? Sometimes kids complain of these things as a way of drawing attention to themselves and sometimes it can act as a red herring for a different problem altogether.

Mojisola

Does he have any of the symptoms of dyslexia? Many dyslexic people find that words look fuzzy, blurred or move around. This might not happen during the short time when he is tested at the optician but when he is tired or stressed at school it might well happen. After being diagnosed with dyslexia my son was seen by an optician with an interest in dyslexia and he now has tinted glasses which makes reading much easier.

Doozergirl

Mojisola wrote: »

Does he have any of the symptoms of dyslexia? Many dyslexic people find that words look fuzzy, blurred or move around. This might not happen during the short time when he is tested at the optician but when he is tired or stressed at school it might well happen. After being diagnosed with dyslexia my son was seen by an optician with an interest in dyslexia and he now has tinted glasses which makes reading much easier.

That's what I was thinking

Fen1

How are things going with your son?

Have you managed to talk to someone about the possibility of dyslexia?

victoriajayne1987

i get the same problems, along with black smudges. the smudges and sometimes the blurriness r because bits of the back of my eyeball have broken off, and they pass in front of my pupils. then sometimes i have to wear glasses for headaches, double vision and general correcting of the muscles. my eye muscles wont focus forward, they drift to the side. when i was young i too had to do the whole pen thing, and it really does work, until u stop thinking its fixed! keep him doing it ive been for tests at the hospital too, and they all said im fine. its most likely your sons eye muscles, so keep him training with the pen, and even when its better, keep it going. thats all i can recommend!