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Question: My daughter, complains of  losing her place, when reading. The school says she is dyslexic.. When I was younger my eyes crossed and still do if  I remove  my glasses and then I lose my place too. Is it possible that my daughter has a  little bit of what I had?

  Answer:  I certainly can be, as it is inherited. Reading problems caused by poor eye coordination can easily be confused with dyslexia or just be a  part of the problem. One form of this problem is convergence.  We have a  better than 90 percent success treating this problem!  It is an important part of my examination to screen all children and adults for eye coordination problems.  If you have a reading disabled, dyslexic child, and have not had your child examined by an Optometric Doctor experienced in diagnosing eye coordination problems, by all means do it now! SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR: complaints that words "run together", frequently loosing place, reversing words, needing a ruler or finger to keep place, headaches with reading, turning head to one side when reading and blurred vision reading. The treatment for this problem, is called Orthoptics or Vision Training. Not all Optometric Doctors offer this service.  Pediatricians,  in America,  are often ignorant about diagnosing and treating these problems.  Some doctors still believe that these issues can be resolved by "pencil pushups" which involves staring at a small pencil.  This is about as current as using leaches to cure disease.
 
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Dr Joseph A Ross,  Primary Family Eye Care
 
 
 
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Why Near Vision Testing Is Critcal For Back to School

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While the majority of standard eye exams only access distance vision function, poor eye muscle coordination can impair reading skills!

 

When a student has difficulty concentrating to read, unfortunately it is misdiagnosed as Attention Deficit Disorder or the child is being lazy.  But the truth is that poor eye muscle coordination (how the eyes work together as a team) is often the cause of poor reading.  Along with headaches, students will often experience this image

 
 A comprehensive eye exam will detect eye muscle coordination several objective and subjective tests. 

The three causes of eye muscle imbalance includes 1) Convergence Excess- when the eyes turn in excessively to read, 2) Convergence Insufficiency-when the eyes under turn to focus to read, and 3) Vertical Eye Muscle Imbalance-when one eye deviated upwards
 
 Eye muscle imbalance can cause difficulty with reading.  Fortunately, there are ways a skilled optometrist can solve your problems!
 
1)   If your eyes tend to overfocus to read (Convergence Excess), bifocals or reading glasses is prescribed.

 2)   If you eyes tend to underfocus to read (Convergence Insufficiency),computer based vision therapy helps.  

3) If your eyes tend to drift upwards(Vertical Phoria), Prism in glasses is prescribed.
 
We now have a complimentary software program that can predict the future progression of your child's vision progress!
 
Jay S Desai,  Specializing in Pediatric & Eye Disease
A HOME TEST FOR ADD OR ADHD - AND A NATURAL TREATMENT OPTION?
 
This 2 week Elimination Diet for food allergies,  may help prevent your child from needing medication and its inherint dangers.

NO DAIRY PRODUCTS, especially cow's milk.
The American Pediatric Association estimates that 30% of all children are allergic to milk. Instead try Almond milk, Rice milk, (without added surgar!) 
NO YELLOW FOODS. Especially Corn or Squash.
NO JUNK FOODS. ---- nothing manufactured.
NO FRUIT JUICES.  Many children cannot tolerate the sugar! (Juice is not natural,  fruit is... in small quanities)
CUT SUGAR INTAKE BY 90%. If you can, cut it down to zero. Read labels,  sugar is in many products you might not expect.
CUT CHOCOLATE BY 90%.  Ideally  NONE.
NO NUTRASWEET. None. Period. Never. This includes other artificial sweeteners.  Stevia may be acceptable.
NO PROCESSED MEATS and NO MSG. Only get meats with labels that say, "Turkey and Water," etc. If the meat has chemicals listed that you can't pronounce, don't buy it.
NO FRIED FOODS --- none!
NO FOOD WITH ARTIFICIAL COLOR
AVOID FISH.  Mercury,  is a big issue especially for children and it causes neurological damage! (Small Sardines are usually safe,  as they are not in the ocean long enough to soak up lots of mercury.
SUMMARY: Just eat foods that God made for us to eat..  Get a natual cook book.  There really are Thousands Of Excellent Meals that you CAN eat, without side effects!
 
AFTER TWO WEEKS  You should see some improvement in behavior and metnal focus.  Now begin adding these foods back into your diet, one food every other day. Eat lots of that food every day for four days. If there is an allergy,  you will see reactions.  Thes can vary from red splotches on the skin,  ears turning red and  temper outbursts. If there's a problem, you'll know.
 
TREATMENT:  Avoiding the foods that trigger reactions are key!  Fish oils are very helpful when taken daily.  Make SURE your brand is catalytically filtered to avoid mercury.
 
Dr Joseph A Ross,  Primary Family Eye Care