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Show Early diagnosis important to treatment of children's eye disease Dr. Edmond Cooper at Royal Oak, Mich, was the guest speaker at the Utah Ophthalmology Meeting held in Cedar City, July 18th and 19th. Dr. Garth Chatterley was in charge of the meeting. Dr. Edmond Cooper stressed the importance of early diagnosis of crossed eyes. Age six months is not too soon to treat such a problem. Babies are often born with a fold of skin that extends from the nose to the eyebrow. This fold (epicanthal ophthalmologists for professional advice. Ambliopia (lazy eye blindness) develops early in life and should be detected early. Lazy eye clinics are very helpful after age 3'2. However, in children six months to 3Vi years, only an ophthalmologist can detect ambliopia, lazy eye blindness. Plugged tear ducts should be treated or probed during the first six months of age for best results. fold) covers up part of the eye and gives the eye the false appearance ap-pearance of being crossed. As the fold disappears with age the eyes appear not to be crossed. This is why many parents are incorrectly advised by friends and some practitioners to wait before they seek |