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Warning signs
The small number of signs that should move an eye appointment to this week, explained calmly.
Warning signs
The white glow in a photo, and three other signs to know
One photo, one pale pupil, and a question that cannot wait until the next routine check.
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Why does my child keep rubbing their eyes?
Tired, itchy, or blurry: what a child's rubbing is telling you.
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Eye cancer in children: the signs and the numbers
Rare, and most children treated early survive it. The screening tool is your own camera roll.
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Life after retinoblastoma: my patients are teenagers now
The half of the eye cancer story nobody tells: exams, music practice, horses, and one book.
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My child's eyelid is swollen, is this an emergency?
Most swollen eyelids are the mild kind. Here is the short list that changes that.
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A yellow patch on my child's eyelid: what it is telling you
Painless, flat and the colour of butter. Why a yellow eyelid patch in a child needs a blood test, not a laser.
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What your child's teacher notices before you do
Home is a small room. The classroom is where distance vision actually gets tested.
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Big beautiful eyes can be a warning sign
The compliment every big-eyed baby gets, and the three signs that turn it into an appointment this week.
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Cataract in children: not only a grandparent's problem
A cloudy lens in a baby is a different problem from a cloudy lens at seventy. The difference is time.
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Keratoconus in teenagers, and the eye rubbing link
When a teenager's prescription refuses to settle, and why the rubbing is the part you can act on.
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One pupil bigger than the other: when it matters
Pupils that have always been uneven, and pupils that have just become uneven. Only one of them is urgent.
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The child who hates bright light: how to tell what it means
Screwing up her eyes in the sun, or something more. The two questions that sort it out.
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Wobbly eyes in a baby: what nystagmus is, and what it is not
Eyes that will not stay still. What the check is looking for, and why the head turn is a good sign.
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