Dr.Hemalatha Vidyashankar

KERATOCONUS : WHAT IS IT, HOW TO IDENTIFY, WHEN TO CONSULT, WHAT ARE THE TREATMENT OPTIONS? If a child constantly rubs his eyes, many times parents ignore it as habitual or they feel that the child is trying to seek attention. But most of the times it is a sign of an underlying Allergic Eye Disease , Uncorrected refractive error or an Undiagnosed Keratoconus. Symptoms first appear during puberty or the late teens and include blurred vision and sensitivity to light and glare. Usually patients with keratoconus will develop extreme myopia (nearsightedness) with very high irregular astigmatism. This causes their vision to be much more distorted than just normal blur. Plus there are much more glare and halos at nighttime. Words tend to have shadows around them or even look double. Its very important to have an eye check up if u notice any of these symptoms in your child. Mild cases of keratoconus can be treated early with eyeglasses to correct vision impairment, or sometimes...

Monsoons are a time to rejoice and relax but also bring with them infections especially conjunctivitis in the eyes. Follow this simple tips to take care of your eyes. #drvidyashankarscenterforv ision   #drhemalathavidyashankar   #drbvidyashanakar   #eyecareinmonsoon   #conjunctivits   #tipsforeyecare

CHILDREN AND INCREASED SCREEN TIME : HOW TO COPE?? During this lockdown, there has been an exponential increase in screen time for children. They cannot go out and play and then there are online classes from school. All of us know that online classes are not ideal for kids... Why??? It causes eye strain, dryness, redness, irritation , headaches and most importantly too much of near work causes a increase in the spectacle power. But Online classes are here to stay, at least for this academic year .. So how do we cope ?? 1. Distance from the PC.. Ideally kids should be seated at one arm distance from the PC. Make sure ur child doesn't go too close. If you have a smart TV at home, it would be preferable to use that to a laptop. You could accordingly increase the viewing distance. 2 Take care of the posture. The computer desk should be slightly below eye level and adjust the chair to the child's height and make sure they are seated comfortably 3. The break i...

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR UNLOCK 1.0 There is a tendency for people to let the guard down, now that the lockdown is easing and people have slowly started resuming work. We should be careful and stringent in our disinfection protocols to stay safe and take care of our family. Herewith sharing our small video on safety precautions. Take care and Stay safe. Dr.Hemalatha & Dr. Vidyashankar

TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND STAY SAFE

Hope you and your family are doing well and are safe. Many of my patient's mothers are very worried about the increased screen time of their kids during this lock down period . They call me to suggest ways to keep their kids away from the visual display terminals. In these times of lock down, screen time has increased kind of exponentially especially for the kids as the schools are having online classes for 3-4 hours per day and we cannot let them go outside to play, so even recreation is limited to playing games of the computer and watching TV . Few suggestions as to how to cope with this situation 1. Instead of watching TV or computer continuously,  break it into small intervals of half an hour followed by  a break 2. Involve the child in art and craft activities 3. Play some board games with them 4. If your children knows Yoga,  ask them to do for yoga for sometime or just play some music and they can dance. This will also ensure some physical activity...

Good morning,  The lock down period has been extended to 3 more weeks.  It was very important step to Flatten the curve of the Coronavirus spread as Social distancing is very important at this stage. Many times,   being isolated from every one can create lot of anxiety... Existence anxiety,  as to how long this is going to last,  Financial anxiety, as to crashing of the stock market, pay cuts and when you have to continue to pay your rent and other expenses,  Social anxiety, where you want to meet your family and friends,  you have all the time but can't.. How to deal with all this? * Follow a regular routine,  include some form of yoga and meditation in your schedule * Restart the abandoned hobby for which you had no time * Read a book, write a journal,  pen down your memoirs * Play with your kids,  do some craft activities, paint.. Tell them all that you have been wanting to tell them and never had the time earlie...