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David K. Coats, MD

David K. Coats, MD, is associate professor of Ophthalmology at the Baylor College of Medicine and a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus. Following undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Coats earned his medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, followed by fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology/adult strabismus at Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis.

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Hello, my newborn (4 week old) girl has been diagnosed with Ptosis of her right eye. Her lid covers about 50% on her eye at the present time. (06/04/2010)

For the past few months my 14 year old daughter has been experiencing sudden onsets of blurred vision. She was taken to an optometrist during one of the episodes and we were told her eyes we over focusing. (06/04/2010)

My 2 year olds right upper eye lid has what appears to be a small ball in the crease of the eye lid. It is red like a bruise. (03/29/2010)

My son had a dark freckle like spot on his conjunctiva. The eye-surgeon wanted it removed immediately as it was growing(he said at the time 50/50 it may be a melanoma and treated it as such). (03/29/2010)

My 7-year old was diagnosed with amblyopia at 6 and since then we have been patching. He wears the patches all day while in school. His writing is horrible and he complains about not being able to see some of the words he is learning how to read. (01/06/2010)

My three-year old son has been treated for strabismus (partial accommodative esotropia) with glasses since he was 28 months old and with one surgery at age 31 months of age. He seems to have very little 3D vision at this time. (01/06/2010)

My daughter was born in 1984. During one of her scheduled check-ups, there was an issue with her eyes. She was diagnosed with Duane’s Syndrome in one eye. (12/17/2009)

My 6-year old son has recently undergone exploratory surgery to investigate recurring eye infections with itching and discharge. We have discovered that he was born without a tear duct in his left eye. (12/17/2009)

My 5-month old granddaughter has had a discharge from her eyes almost since birth. Every day we have to wash the discharge from around her eyes with a warm cloth as it gets stuck on her skin around the eyes. (11/12/2009)

My daughter has refractive amblyopia. After a regimen of glasses and patching for the last 1.5 years, the vision in her amblyopic eye has improved from 20/200 to approx 20/20. (11/12/2009)

How does a child get pink eye and what are the causes I could have avoided so my child wouldn’t have gotten it? (10/05/2009)

My friend’s 3-year-old daughter has both eyes with (10/05/2009)

How can a parent know if there child's pink eye is viral or bacterial? How do I know if she needs antibiotics? (09/10/2009)

My 18-month-old daughter was recently diagnosed with Brown syndrome in her left eye. The pediatric ophthalmologist told me the only option is surgery to implant a silicone extender in the tendon above her eye. (09/10/2009)

what is the difference between a simple eye infection and pink eye and how do you know the difference? (08/13/2009)

I’ve got an 18-month-old daughter. Since she’s been born she’s had a white cloudy patch in her right eye. Now the patch is getting worse, and the doctors tell me she’s okay. She keeps falling and bumping into things. What do I do now? (08/13/2009)

Can I go swimming with pink eye? (07/31/2009)

My 8 year-old granddaughter turns her head completely to one side when she watches television. She watches out of one eye only. Her vision has been checked and vision in both eyes is good. However, this does not seem right. What could cause this? (07/31/2009)

My mother is totally blind and has been since birth due to cataracts. She had three children, and we all were born with congenital cataracts, leaving us legally blind having partial vision (20/200). (06/24/2009)

I am 12 and wear glasses but I want to get my vision back without having to do lasik surgery being that I am so young. Is there any way that I can regain my vision so that I don't have to use glasses anymore? (06/24/2009)

My child has Down syndrome and autism, I was surprised to find out he has cataracts in both eyes. (06/16/2009)

Is there such a term as "occu-lock"? The mother tells me her child dx with this by a chiropractor. The eyes "lock" and pt stares and is non verbal. (06/16/2009)

I think my 5 year old daughter got "cold in her eyes." Both her eyes have cream color drainage. (06/09/2009)

My nephew is 4 months old and he is not focusing. (05/21/2009)

I am currently 24 who has experienced strabismus problems since I was two years old. I have had surgery three times (age: 3, 17, 23) and the last surgery over corrected my esotropia problem and it is quite frustrating. I would estimate my current position (04/29/2009)

What would cause a child to be born with cataracts? (04/24/2009)

My two year old son has been diagnosed with strabismus (accomadative esotropia). He has been prescribed glasses for farsightedness. He also has possible amblyopia in his left eye. (04/24/2009)

daughter was diagnosed last year with amblyopia. Since then we patched her eye and the doctor said it was cured. She also had strabismus surgery. She refuse to wear glasses and I have noticed her eyes turning a little. (04/09/2009)

I'm a teen, and my parent and my eye doctor and I were talking about corrective eye surgery for my lazy eye. I've had strabismus since I was born, and I've had surgery when I was a baby. (04/09/2009)

My son was born with what they call a keyhole eye. What causes that and can he see out of it? Can anything be done? (04/01/2009)

My daughter is 12 and we just realized about six months ago that she is color blind. I'm not exactly sure how long it has been, but I'm sure it wasn't always there. There are no other visible signs and she is healthy. Is this unusual? (04/01/2009)

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