Amblyopia Health Feed

Lazy eye include blurred vision and poor depth perception. Lazy eye is not a problem with the eye, but the connections to the brain. Amblyopia can be caused by a number of factors, including a muscle imbalance or eye disease. Treatment can be effective and the sooner it begins, the better. But we have to look into the details of the problem. Let's have a detailed discussion to ensure proper treatment.

Your might be suffering from lazy eye or amblyopia as we call it. Your eye surgeon should be able to tell you the cause. If it's refractive error use glasses as prescribed. If eyes already lazy at your age it's difficult to regain full vision but strabismus can be corrected to improve cosmesis.

You could be having Amblyopia (lazy eye) in Right eye. At grown up age it is usually not possible to improve vision in that eye by any means. Such eyes can be treated upto 8 years of age. You should accept vision as it is and move on in life. You may get your squint cosmetically corrected by surgery.

Lybrate-user, you seem to be diagnosed with a lazy eye or amblyopia in the right eye. It is not unusual for poor vision in one eye to go unnoticed if other eye has good vision. His is why we stress on regular eye exam by an ophthalmologist. A trial of left eye patching or occlusion may help in improving vision in right eye. Recent studies have shown visual gains in lazy eye upto 20-24 years of age with patching done for the first time.
Do go back and discuss with your treating doctor.

Amblyopia is decreased vision in one or both eyes due to abnormal development of vision in infancy or childhood.It is commonly known as lazy eye, in which a child's vision does not develop properly, usually in one eye. If it is left untreated, a child's vision will never develop correctly in the affected eye.

What are the types of Amblyopia are there?
There are several different types and causes of Amblyopia, such as Strabismic Amblyopia, Deprivation Amblyopia and Refractive Amblyop...more

Please note that You need to be evaluated by a squint specialist to determine the modality of treatment as it could more than one etiology to the symptoms described. Thanks.

Dear , according to your history your nephew is most probably suffering from amblopia or may be due to some retinal pathology. By occlusion therapy and/or with few exercise on synaptophore vision usually improves. So do not discourage. Go to appropriate centre. Good luck.

Hello
You must consult local ophthalmologist and he will perform cycloplegic refraction to evaluate if any glasses are required
Moreover your child is old enough. We have many techniques which can give us fair idea about vision
Trreatment of squint depends on type and amount of deviation. If required. Early surgery is better.

Hello. Patching therapy is definitely useful if done at a specific age range. It helps in reducing the squint as well as improving the visual acuity. Other options available to improve squint in the eye are:
(1) surgery for the squint. It should be done after patching therapy has been tried or else if there is a risk of vision loss in the affected eye due to amblyopia.
(2) certain eye drops are useful and act as an indirect patch for the eye.
(3) glasses. Certain types and degrees of...more

Ptosis is a drooping or falling of the upper eyelid. The drooping may be worse after being awake longer when the individual's muscles are tired. This condition is sometimes called "lazy eye, but that term normally refers to the condition amblyopia.
You need to do surgery to correct your eyes do this-
gentle cleaning of the eyelids with a warm, wet washcloth.
Warm compresses for 15 minutes, four times a day for 7-10 days.
Application of eye drops or ointment.