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Amber is 10 months old and I have noticed when she wakes up it takes her a few minutes to get her left eye completely open . It looks as if it is hard for her to open . She has no redness or puss or swelling her Dr called it ptosis and said it was something to watch for . He said to watch it until her 12 month check up but I am very worried . Does anyone elses baby do this or do you know of a baby doing this please help me find out what could cause this.

Quoting mamaof2-1ontheway:“ Amber is 10 months old and I have noticed when she wakes up it takes her a few minutes to get her left ... [snip!] ... worried . Does anyone elses baby do this or do you know of a baby doing this please help me find out what could cause this.”

Ptosis is an abnormally low position (drooping) of the upper eyelid. The drooping may be worse after being awake longer, when the individual's muscles are tired. This condition is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a "lazy eye", a separate condition known as Amblyopia. If severe enough and left untreated, the drooping eyelid can cause other conditions, like Amblyopia or Astigmatism. This is why it is especially important for this disorder to be treated in children at a young age, before it can interfere with vision development.

Ptosis occurs when the muscles that raise the eyelid (levator and Müller's muscles) are not strong enough to do so properly. It can affect one eye or both eyes and is more common in the elderly, as muscles in the eyelids may begin to deteriorate. One can, however, be born with ptosis, congenital ptosis. Congenital ptosis is not hereditary. Causes of congenital ptosis remain unknown. Ptosis may be caused by damage/trauma to the muscle which raises the eyelid, or damage to the nerve (3rd cranial nerve (oculomotor nerve)) which controls this muscle. Such damage could be a sign or symptom of an underlying disease such as diabetes mellitus, a brain tumor, and diseases which may cause weakness in muscles or nerve damage, such as myasthenia gravis.