Guides

Longer reference pages for the questions that need more than one article: how soon an eye should be seen, and what the options really are. Each guide gathers the answers I give parents most often into one place, so you can read it through once and come back to the part you need. Right now there is one on which eye signs should be seen today, this week or at a routine visit, and one on slowing a child's short-sightedness in Malaysia.

Guide · when to seek care

Is this urgent? When a child's eye should be seen today, this week, or at a routine visit

A white glow, a sudden squint, a chemical splash, a droopy lid: how soon each should be seen, in plain words.

20 min read

Guide · short-sightedness

Myopia control in Malaysia: what slows a child's short-sightedness, what does not, and when to start

Atropine drops, special lenses, overnight lenses, outdoor time: what the trials show and what to ignore.

22 min read

the short version, every week

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