Can amblyopia be cured?

The most notable feature of amblyopia is the irreversible decline in vision, which causes great distress to the patient's life. Many patients with amblyopia are very concerned about whether amblyopia can be cured. In fact, the key to whether amblyopia can be cured lies in whether the timing of treatment is appropriate. If detected and treated early, it can be controlled or even cured. However, if amblyopia is discovered only after visual function has fully developed, it is too late. Let’s take a look at the editor’s introduction below.

Can amblyopia be cured?

1. Preschool physical examination:

Most children, especially those who grow up in kindergarten, can recognize the eye chart after simple vision training at the age of three. Kindergartens with the conditions should conduct a census screening of children's vision every year. Parents can also buy a standard eye chart, hang it on a well-lit wall, and let their children identify it from 5 meters away. During the examination, you must cover each eye separately and do not examine both eyes at the same time to prevent monocular amblyopia from being missed. Repeat the examination carefully several times. If the vision of one eye is less than 0.8 after multiple examinations, you need to take your child to the hospital for further examination. It is generally believed that the examination should be carried out no later than 4 years old.

2. Detect abnormal signs early:

Children with amblyopia often have other symptoms besides poor vision, such as strabismus, tilting the head when viewing objects, squinting or looking very close, etc. Once a child is found to have strabismus, he or she should be taken to the hospital's ophthalmology department for examination and diagnosis as soon as possible, because about 1/2 of strabismus is combined with amblyopia. The other abnormal phenomena mentioned above should also be taken seriously and noticed, and you should go to the hospital's ophthalmology department to check whether they are caused by eye diseases.

3. Occlusion therapy: In addition, for infants and young children who cannot cooperate with vision tests, an occlusion test can be performed to roughly understand the vision of both eyes: intentionally cover one eye and let the child see with one eye. If the child is very quiet but cries and becomes restless when the other eye is covered, or tears the covering, it indicates that the vision of the uncovered eye is very poor, and the child should be taken to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

The above is the editor’s introduction on whether amblyopia can be cured. Parents must pay close attention to their children's movements, and if they find signs of amblyopia in their children, they should go to the hospital for examination in time. In daily life, you can let your children eat more foods that can improve eyesight. Thank you for reading.