3 year old daughter with hyperopia

[kmet13]

Hi.  My 3 yr old daughter was first seen by an ophthalmologist when she was about 1.   the Dr was not overly concerned with her 1.0 at that time.  She had a follow up visit with another Dr today and was 3.0. This Dr wants her to wear glasses.  My questions:  since she went from a 1.0 to a 3.0 - does this mean her vision is and will continue to get worse?  Is it possible this will improve on its own?  Are glasses 100% necessary and/or the only hope for correction?  And will it ever be possible for her to have normal vision with or without glasses?  And lastly, did the fact that she was 6 weeks premature cause this?  As I am sure you can tell, I am a bit freaked out that her number changed so greatly for the worse...

Thanks so much!

[kmet13]

Is there any harm in waiting 6 months to have her re checked? I can't seem to find a definitive answer about whether glasses make it more or less likely that her hyperopia could be corrected permanently.  

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

Most of the answer to your questions are unknown.

She needs to get glasses.   This is not related to prematurity.  It usually leads to near sightedness.

Dr. O.