Paediatric Opthalmologist

Question

hi! for those living in KL,Malaysia, can recommend paediatric opthalmologist who can really check a 14months old baby? we went to this doctor in Sunway, but didnt get any vision report. She’s not sure if my son is able to see clearly or not when that is the purpose why we went for checkup as my son got right ptosis. Basically we wasted time as she didnt even discuss about the ptosis until I asked her with so many questions about that. She did check my son’s eyes, even gave eye drops to dilute the pupils. But her statements starts with “he seems to be…”. which already made us doubt that doctor as she is unsure of her findings. if she cant check, she should at least tell us. and again no vision report! sorry im really pissed off as we wasted time and effort! We are expecting that the doctor can check how clear or how wide my son can see in different angles. im sure doctors do provide vision report and can check such things in early age. #advicepls

Vô danh · Answer

Oh I totally understand your frustration, with ptosis especially, getting a clear picture of whether amblyopia is developing is so important, and "he seems to be..." really isn't good enough at this stage. You might want to look up Dr. Fiona Chew Lee Min at Sunway Medical Centre Velocity, as I've heard she does comprehensive vision assessments specifically covering visual field testing and paediatric ptosis, which sounds exactly like what you need. My friend brought her toddler to Pantai Hospital KL and mentioned Dr. Manoharan Shunmugam was thorough with eyelid assessments, though I'm not sure if he sees patients as young as 14 months, so worth calling ahead to check. The key thing is to go in specifically asking for a documented vision report and a ptosis assessment together, a good specialist should be giving you that as a baseline, not just observations, especially since early monitoring really matters to rule out any vision impact from the drooping lid.