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concerned parent via MedKB.com

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Jun 20, 2006, 8:53:41 PM6/20/06
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I realize that myopia does not usually ever get better but I was wondering
about astigmatism. A friend of mine told me she was a +3.00 astigmatism when
she was about 5(also was myopic) and today she is only a +1..00. Is this
possible? My daughter is a +4.00 and a +2.00(astigmatism). Would there be any
chance on that number being lowered.

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Jun 20, 2006, 9:13:24 PM6/20/06
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Astigmatism can fluctuate in children but usually does not change
a great deal (+- 2 d). So I would doubt that the 4 d of cylinder
(astigmatism) that your child has would decrease to any
significant amount.

frank

Mike Tyner

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Jun 20, 2006, 9:27:50 PM6/20/06
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"concerned parent via MedKB.com" <u18668@uwe> wrote

> I realize that myopia does not usually ever get better but I was wondering
> about astigmatism. A friend of mine told me she was a +3.00 astigmatism
> when
> she was about 5(also was myopic) and today she is only a +1..00. Is this
> possible? My daughter is a +4.00 and a +2.00(astigmatism). Would there be
> any
> chance on that number being lowered.

I agree with Dr. Frank; as a rule of thumb, astigmatism doesn't change much
from year-to-year.

The textbooks say that on average, astigmatism increases gradually
throughout life, but that's an average based on a lot of variation. Some do
get better, occasionally accompanied by a shift toward myopia (which could
be a good thing in your daughter's case.)

-MT


CatmanX

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Jun 20, 2006, 10:31:46 PM6/20/06
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Again agreement. The research suggests astigmattism reduces by 50% from
5-10yo, but this is for the average population who may have -0.50 to
-1.00 cyls. -2.00 cyls and above rarely change, either in power or
axis.

dr grant

Anon E. Muss

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Jun 21, 2006, 1:38:55 PM6/21/06
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:53:41 GMT, "concerned parent via MedKB.com"
<u18668@uwe> wrote:

>I realize that myopia does not usually ever get better but I was
>wondering about astigmatism. A friend of mine told me she was a +3.00

>astigmatism whenshe was about 5(also was myopic) and today she is only
>a +1.00. Is this possible?

Yes.

>My daughter is a +4.00 and a +2.00(astigmatism). Would there be any
>chance on that number being lowered.

Yes. However, the odds are low that this will natrually happen to any
significant degree.

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