Our Family Eye Care Center is dedicated to providing comprehensive vision care for patients of all ages. We ensure that everyone in our community has access to quality eye care. With annual exams for all ages, including infants, we're dedicated to safeguarding vision health and preventing long-term issues. The following is a first-hand account from our Optometrist, Jillian Peabody
"I recently saw a pediatric patient for the very first time. Her doctors couldn’t figure out why she’d been struggling with her vision for years. Her mom was especially worried because she had started to fall quite often, and it seemed like she’d lost her peripheral vision.
After I examined her, I was able to provide a diagnosis: Retinitis Pigmentosa, a genetic condition with a group of eye problems that affect the retina and cause varying degrees of vision loss. Unfortunately, this is a visually devastating diagnosis. However, she can benefit from low-vision resources that will help her exponentially in school and daily life.
I talked to her parents and referred her to Boston Children's Hospital where they’ll likely register her as “vision impaired,” which means that she’ll have more legal and medical options than before. In a few months, she’ll come back to Amoskeag Health, and then I can help connect her family to specific programs in New Hampshire, like Future in Sight. There, they’ll help her better navigate at home and school; provide white cane training; and provide additional resources such as a portable or desktop closed-circuit television (CCTV), which is a video magnifier to enlarge print and images.
Although I know the diagnosis was difficult, I also know she wouldn’t have any of these opportunities without an answer. I’m glad I could provide her family with a diagnosis, as well as the connection to resources that will improve her quality of life, enhance her academic performance, and brighten her future."
~Jillian Peabody, Amoskeag Health Optometrist
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