What should I do if my baby is born with amblyopia?

What should I do if my baby is born with amblyopia? If the baby is unhealthy, parents will be worried. Congenital amblyopia may be inherited from the parents, or the baby may be unhealthy due to the mother's carelessness during pregnancy. So today I want to share with you some related issues about congenital amblyopia in babies, and tell you how to alleviate this problem if your baby has it.

What is amblyopia in children

Amblyopia in children is a common eye disease that seriously harms the development of children's visual function. It often occurs before the age of 18. Children in this age group who are still in the visual development period lose balance due to the input of binocular visual stimulation. The dominant eye becomes the healthy eye, while the inferior eye becomes the amblyopic eye, also known as the "lazy eye".

Because amblyopia is a visual development disorder, its pathogenesis can be divided into five categories: strabismic amblyopia, refractive error amblyopia, anisometropic amblyopia, form deprivation amblyopia and congenital amblyopia. Except for the last two types of amblyopia, the treatment effect and prognosis are poor. The first three types of amblyopia have a very good prognosis if they can be discovered and treated early. Of course, including the last two types of amblyopia, as long as the method is right, it is very likely that the treatment will be effective or even cured.

The harm of amblyopia is not only that the amblyopic child has low vision in one or both eyes, but more importantly, the child lacks perfect stereoscopic vision, which is medically known as "stereoscopic blindness". It will have a significant adverse impact on the child's future study, work and life.

Experts remind that the younger the age of amblyopia treatment, the better the effect. It is generally believed that the cure rate of amblyopia is very low after the sensitive period of visual development and entering the mature period. Therefore, early detection of amblyopia in children is crucial: kindergarten physical examinations and parents' attention play a very critical and important role. In particular, parents should pay attention to the following aspects: When it is found that the child has poor vision such as tilting the head, blinking and squinting when looking at objects, they should pay attention and take them to the doctor in time; they should not think that the child's poor vision is "myopia" and listen to misleading advertisements and use unscientific treatment methods, which will result in missed treatment opportunities and even aggravate the condition; they should be patient in the treatment of children's amblyopia and not rush for success and give up halfway. Some parents are eager for their children to take off their glasses as soon as possible and use this as a standard to measure the cure of amblyopia. Taking off the glasses of the children without authorization and not returning for follow-up visits on time will lead to recurrence of amblyopia

Experts also put forward specific suggestions on daily life precautions for children with amblyopia: First, pay attention to balanced nutrition and a reasonable diet. In addition to protein and vitamins, calcium, chromium and other elements have been confirmed to be essential substances for the development of the eyeball. Milk, soy products, animal liver, beef, etc. are also essential foods for children; secondly, limit sugar as acidic foods can consume calcium in the body and induce myopia; third, get enough sleep to maintain the functional balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves; fourth, exercise more, such as flying kites, kicking shuttlecocks, playing table tennis and other sports activities to promote blood supply and metabolism of eye tissues.

After reading this article, everyone will definitely have a better understanding of this disease, so parents are reminded to pay good attention to their baby's physical health so that their children can grow up healthily and happily.