What are the correction methods for amblyopia in children?

Amblyopia in children is a common eye disease in children. However, since the symptoms of amblyopia in children are very similar to those of general myopia and hyperopia, it is not easy to be discovered and is therefore often neglected by parents. If amblyopia is not treated in time, it may be complicated by eye diseases such as strabismus, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Therefore, it must be treated as early as possible. So what are the methods for correcting amblyopia in children?

1. Train macular fixation

The amblyopic eye often has abnormal fixation, and there is a shift in the gaze point and a central blind spot. It is very important to determine whether amblyopic patients have abnormal fixation so that appropriate methods can be selected during treatment to train them to prevent paracentral fixation and abnormal retinal correspondence, thereby achieving the goal of improving vision.

2. Correct eye position

Correcting eye position is an important measure to eliminate diplopia in patients with strabismus and amblyopia and to prevent monocular suppression and amblyopia. For eye position correction, surgical and non-surgical treatments should be selected according to their nature in order to create conditions for restoring binocular single vision and enable binocular vision to develop normally. After eye position correction, visual function training should continue and changes in vision and eye position should be closely monitored.

3. Improve vision

Improving visual acuity is the fundamental purpose of strabismus and amblyopia treatment. Fine vision training can effectively promote the patient's visual development and achieve the effect of improving vision. Fine vision training includes needle threading, tracing and drawing, bead threading, etc. Patients can choose according to their own situation.

4. Remove inhibitions

Strabismus and amblyopia mainly occur during the period of visual development, greatly inhibiting the formation of visual function. Therefore, the basic task of treatment is to eliminate inhibition. Patching therapy is performed on the basis of solving refractive errors. Its principle is to cover the healthy eye to force the use of the affected eye, eliminate monocular suppression, diplopia and confusion, and promote the recovery of visual function.

5. Fusion Function

Even if the child's vision is restored after treatment, parents should not relax. Most children with strabismus and amblyopia not only lack the ability to see objects with both eyes at the same time, but also have defects in fusion function and stereoscopic vision. After the vision of the amblyopic eye returns to normal, it is still necessary to undergo synoptophore training to establish fusion function, restore stereoscopic vision, and ultimately obtain normal stereoscopic vision.

The above is the correction method for amblyopia in children introduced by the editor. I hope it can be helpful to everyone. It should be noted that everyone should find a treatment method that suits them so that good treatment results can be achieved. The editor also wishes all amblyopia patients a speedy recovery.