For this exercise, you were asked to consider the following scenario:
A seven-year-old boy attends your practice with his parent. They are new to your locality, having previously lived in another part of the UK, and the boy has broken his spectacles on the first day at his new school. His parent presents the following prescription for a replacement pair of spectacles. This had been issued from a hospital some 14 months previously.
R: +5.50/-1.25 x 180
L: +6.75/-1.00 x 170
His parent says he needs the glasses ‘as soon as possible’ as they help to control his ‘squint’ (a very apparent left convergent strabismus) as well as improving his vision. They also remember that the hospital had ‘used drops’ for his last test and hope this will not need to be done again.
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