What to do if your baby has amblyopia

Vision problems are a problem that many children have nowadays. In particular, many infants now also have vision abnormalities, such as amblyopia. It is indeed very unfortunate for this situation to occur during this period. The key is to take effective measures to solve it in a timely manner. So, what should we do if our baby has amblyopia? Let’s take a closer look at the main solutions to baby’s amblyopia.

Parents must first understand that the process of amblyopia treatment is slow and vision improves gradually, so parents should not rush things and must be patient and persistent.

Parents should patiently persuade their children to wear glasses. Except for bathing and sleeping, you must insist on wearing glasses, especially when covering the healthy eye. This is very important. The legs of the glasses should be connected with chains to prevent the glasses from breaking. Guide your children to wear glasses when looking at close objects, especially when drawing and writing. This can often achieve twice the result with half the effort.

For children with moderate to severe amblyopia, in addition to wearing glasses, parents should also take them to the hospital for amblyopia training and treatment; insist on timely follow-up visits, generally once every two weeks for children aged 2-3 years old, and once a month for older children. Ask the doctor to check the fundus, vision, and visual function, etc., and dilate the pupil for an eye test once a year.

In addition, in order to increase children's interest, no matter which covering method is used, auxiliary treatment must be added at the same time. This is essential to improve the efficacy and shorten the course of treatment. Parents can consult with doctors about what auxiliary treatment to take and choose it based on the child's age, intelligence, interests, etc. It is best to let the child use the amblyopic eye to do some fine vision work, such as tracing, painting, stringing small beads, arranging building blocks, etc., so that the amblyopic eye has more opportunities to be used and promotes vision improvement as soon as possible. Giving children a suitable "homework" can greatly shorten the treatment period and improve the effect, but be careful to give them an appropriate amount of homework, prevent visual fatigue, and persevere.

The effectiveness of patch therapy is closely related to the acceptance, understanding and cooperation of the child and his parents. If the dominant eye is not patched seriously according to the doctor's instructions, the vision of the amblyopic eye will never improve significantly, and the opportunity for treatment will be missed as time goes by, leaving lifelong regrets. From a clinical perspective, the main reason for the failure of occlusion therapy is inadequate treatment. Children often take off their glasses and open the occlusion to peek, so home care for children with amblyopia is very important. In occlusion therapy, one eye is always covered, and the child uses one eye to see things and therefore lacks a sense of depth. In addition, due to their young age and lack of life experience, this increases the inconvenience of the child's daily life and is not easily accepted by the child. Some children even think that they are not good-looking and are afraid of being laughed at by other children. This creates psychological pressure on the originally carefree children.

The above is an introduction on what to do if your baby has amblyopia. I hope it will be helpful to parents. There are many factors that lead to amblyopia in children, and parents should not worry too much. The key is to actively look for the cause. Only after finding the specific cause and actively correcting it can the harm caused by amblyopia to children be reduced.