We took our 6 year old son for a routine eye check at the Lincoln instore practice yesterday and the optician picked up that he had some abnormalities at the back of both eyes, the optician immediately referred him to the on call Opthalmologist at the hospital who confirmed he had fluid built up at the back of his eyes causing high pressure. This has obviously raised concerns to us as parents, yet had this not been identified by such a profressional/patient/caring optometrist we would be non the wiser that our son had such a condition, he has been diagnosed with biological papilloedema which requires for him to have fluid eleviated via a lumbar puncture and an MRI scan which is scheduled for tomorrow, we will be forever grateful to the optician for "picking this up" and referring our son so quickly for specialist treatment. I would strongly recommend any parent to get their child's eyes tested even if no symptoms are noticeable as regards vision, just like our son who has fabulous vision, yet the photos taken proved otherwise.
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