Re: Help - Eye Drops for Dilation

[Guest guest]

> My son's eye doctor wanted to place 4 different eye drops in his

eyes

> to dilate his eyes and to paralyze the muscles of the eyes for

> examination for the need of glasses. I asked if any of them

> contained thimerosal and she said no.

Dilation is NOT for the purpose of prescribing glasses! He can be

refracted just fine without dilating him.

Dilation is so they can look inside his eye with the binocular

indirect ophthalmoscope and examine his retina for assorted disease

conditions, which are quite rare in children.

Unless you have a family history of something like retinitis

pigmentosa that puts him at risk for it, the doc should be happy to

skip the dilation and just refract him.

> FOUR different bottles of eye drops! This is insane! I thought

> dilation only took one eye drop bottle. I told her, my eye doc

> administered two different bottles of eye drops for dilation and it

> made my eyes hurt for several weeks (like they were punched).

>

> It used to be that it was only ONE bottle for the eye exam.

> What's going on? Is my son a research specimen or something? FOUR!

>

> What do you think? This is from one of the biggest research org - a

> UC-- medical group.

You obviously made the mistake of going to an MD instead of an OD.

The MD's are as a rule not real eye doctors - they are eye SURGEONS

and have about the same sensitivity to pain as most surgeons - not

much.

> Would you do it?

No.

> My son reacted to tylenol with a very hyper and

> insane behavior for several weeks. He reacted to chromium mineral

> supplement with immediate echolalia and psychotic speech.

>

> If I do this and he reacts, my dollars for therapies and biomed

might

> go down the drain in an instant. PLUS the big kicker is - if you

> tell the docs that you or your child had a negative reaction, their

> answer is -

>

> " It's pure coincidence, it must be a virus. " And they leave us out

> there like dirt to rot. I won't fall for this same trap, again.

> Next time, I'll have them sign a contract that they will agree to

> treat my son (or pay for damages) in the event that a reaction to

the

> chemicals occur. They are acting like if I don't do this, my son

> will be in big trouble.

>

> What has your experience been? What should I do?

Go find an optometrist to examine him, and refuse dilation.

MD's don't refract properly anyway - they do one eye at a time and

miss all the important stuff about how the eyes interact when he is

seeing things, so their prescriptions often aren't as good as what you

get from an OD who accounts for binocular vision.

> Thanks in

[Guest guest]

It sounds like you already know what to do. Don't let him have the eye

drops! Every brand I've ever seen listed has some form of mercury in it,

even if it isn't thimerosal. With previous reactions to other medications,

just say that he has strong reactions (say allergies if you have to, it's

not a complete lie) to some medications, and that you don't feel comfortable

letting him be a guinea pig. If you decide to go ahead with it, ask them to

sign a liability waiver, which they probably won't (because they usually

want you to sign one).

Kris

aka@...

[ ] Help - Eye Drops for Dilation

> My son's eye doctor wanted to place 4 different eye drops in his eyes

> to dilate his eyes and to paralyze the muscles of the eyes for

> examination for the need of glasses. I asked if any of them

> contained thimerosal and she said no.

>

> FOUR different bottles of eye drops! This is insane! I thought

> dilation only took one eye drop bottle. I told her, my eye doc

> administered two different bottles of eye drops for dilation and it

> made my eyes hurt for several weeks (like they were punched).

>

> It used to be that it was only ONE bottle for the eye exam.

> What's going on? Is my son a research specimen or something? FOUR!

>

> What do you think? This is from one of the biggest research org - a

> UC-- medical group.

>

> Would you do it? My son reacted to tylenol with a very hyper and

> insane behavior for several weeks. He reacted to chromium mineral

> supplement with immediate echolalia and psychotic speech.

>

> If I do this and he reacts, my dollars for therapies and biomed might

> go down the drain in an instant. PLUS the big kicker is - if you

> tell the docs that you or your child had a negative reaction, their

> answer is -

>

> " It's pure coincidence, it must be a virus. " And they leave us out

> there like dirt to rot. I won't fall for this same trap, again.

> Next time, I'll have them sign a contract that they will agree to

> treat my son (or pay for damages) in the event that a reaction to the

> chemicals occur. They are acting like if I don't do this, my son

> will be in big trouble.

>

> What has your experience been? What should I do?

>

> Thanks in advance.

> YB

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