Family Natters

Babies and toddlers often dislike wearing eye patches when they have a squint, and of course there’s no reasoning with them at that age.  Here are some ideas how to help them keep it on:

[put gloves on them
put a T-shirt or jumper on them that has sleeves that are too long for them
put arm bands/ […]

Ansiometropia is an eye condition that causes variable vision and/ or blurring.  It can arise because there is a big difference between the prescirptions of the two eyes and the brain can not cope.  A person may become aware of the condition when their opthamolgist has difficulty getting a full correction of his or her vision.
Sometimes the […]

The best way to treat corneal warpage is to stop wearing contact lenses and allow the conreas to heal themselves.  Depending on what kind of lenses you have been wearing, your age and how badly they were warped, it may take anything from a week to many months for them to stablise.  Some doctors and […]

Corneal warpage is when a cornea has distorted out of its natural shape.  Often it occurs in people who have over-used contact lenses, by wearing them for too many hours.  Alternatively it can arise by wearing contact lenses that don’t fit corrctly or because some people’s eyes need more oxgen than wearing contact lenses for […]

If you or a relative are diagnosed with having a cavernous angioma (also known as cavernous hemangioma, cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) and cavernoma) you may wish to visit http://www.angiomaalliance.org.uk.  This site allows members to get in touch with and learn from each other.  Reading other people’s stories makes you realise that you are not alone, as does […]

Years after tearing my anterior cruciate ligament in a skiing accident, then completely rupturing it while trampoling, I finally decided to have it repaired.  I was at a stage where it was unstable even when I was walking the kids to school, and was swelling up for no reason I could think of.  I could do very […]

(continued from Cerebral haemorhage due to rupture of cavernous haemogina - early days)
The next day she had a CT scan which confirmed a brain haemorrhage, and with a doctor and nurse, were sent off to a specialist hospital that had a dedicated ward, lights flashing and siren sometimes wailing.  Once there, for the first time […]

Annie has a clicky hip.  My sister-in-law was the one to pick up on it, then the paediatrician confirmed it with a simple systematic test in which Annie lay on her back with all bottom clothes off and had her hips maneovered.
The doctor asked if there was a family history of clicky hips and referred […]

Annie wasn’t born with a strawberry (hemangioma) birthmark, but about 4 days afterwards a small pink patch formed under her chin.  I thought at first her babygrow was irritating her chin, but it just got bigger, redder and raised.  The doctor thought it would disappear  except for some silvery after-marks, by around her first birthday […]

A squint is when the eyes don’t work together.  Often this is nothing to worry about in very small babies, but at about 6 weeks you would usually expect them to work together.  If one focusses correctly while the other slides inwards or outwards, you should point it out to your health visitor.  If she or he also […]