eye trouble
October 4, 2010 10:32 PM Subscribe
Who in California can treat eye abnormalities (hyperphoria, double vision)?
Concerns both whats called fusional training (for eyes that can't converge) and operative solutions, if any. Recently, a doctor suggested prisms to handle the double vision but this is only temporary.
Cost is not an issue.
Concerns both whats called fusional training (for eyes that can't converge) and operative solutions, if any. Recently, a doctor suggested prisms to handle the double vision but this is only temporary.
Cost is not an issue.
Response by poster: The patient is in a country where there aren't any specialized eye doctors of this type, and soon to be visiting South California. So, I say California in general because they would be willing to travel up or down for treatment.
posted by breadfruit at 12:37 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by breadfruit at 12:37 AM on October 5, 2010
Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA in Los Angeles is an excellent eye hospital; I get all my (rather obnoxious and extensive) treatment there. You could also consider Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California (downtown Los Angeles). I know less about Doheny, but I know Jules Stein has a large strabismus division.
Pediatric patient or adult, by the way?
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 1:51 AM on October 5, 2010
Pediatric patient or adult, by the way?
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 1:51 AM on October 5, 2010
(And, for what it's worth, both hospitals are nationally-renowned, top-rank eye institutes here in the States. Definitely not low-budget operations; the folks who work at Doheny and JSEI are setting the standards for eye care and doing the research and teaching. I am convinced that either place would have good, solid, evidence-backed solutions for this patient.)
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 1:54 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 1:54 AM on October 5, 2010
Yep, I was just coming in to say, "Southern California? What luck, they can go to Jules Stein!" Good thing cost is not an issue, because they are not cheap at ALL (though I understand there's options for low income folks) but they are very well known and respected.
The patient would need to arrange an appointment well in advance, though, because in my experience Jules Stein mails an information packet out to the patient discussing what to expect from the appointment and what to do/not to do ahead of time.
posted by librarylis at 6:13 PM on October 5, 2010
The patient would need to arrange an appointment well in advance, though, because in my experience Jules Stein mails an information packet out to the patient discussing what to expect from the appointment and what to do/not to do ahead of time.
posted by librarylis at 6:13 PM on October 5, 2010
I live in Los Angeles, and my toddler son has this same problem -- convergence insufficiency, a.k.a. double vision at close range. You don't say whether the patient is a child or not, but if it's a child, I recommend Dr. Bill Takeshita, who practices here in LA and is one of the best pediatric optometrists of this kind in the country.
The prisms, by the way, do help train the eyes to learn to work together, i.e. to see in 3D. My son has already had good results in a very short time just by using the special glasses a few times a week for an hour at a time. We're going to be following this up with special daily eye exercises soon. Operative solutions to the problem are not common.
posted by Asparagirl at 7:08 PM on October 5, 2010
The prisms, by the way, do help train the eyes to learn to work together, i.e. to see in 3D. My son has already had good results in a very short time just by using the special glasses a few times a week for an hour at a time. We're going to be following this up with special daily eye exercises soon. Operative solutions to the problem are not common.
posted by Asparagirl at 7:08 PM on October 5, 2010
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posted by davejay at 10:41 PM on October 4, 2010