What should I do if my child has strabismus and amblyopia?

The baby's eye health is very important for the baby. The incidence of strabismus and amblyopia in children has been increasing in recent years. Strabismus and amblyopia have a great impact on the baby's vision. Parents must pay attention to it in normal times. It is best to detect and treat it early. Usually, the younger the child's strabismus and amblyopia, the better the treatment effect will be. If it is not treated for a long time, it will easily affect the baby's vision.

What to do if children have strabismus and amblyopia?

1. Train the macula

Correction training method for strabismus and amblyopia in children: The amblyopic eye often has abnormal visual development, and has gaze point deviation and central blind spot. Therefore, it is very necessary to check whether the child has abnormal fixation, so that effective training measures can be selected during treatment to prevent paracentral fixation and abnormal retinal correspondence, so as to achieve the goal of enhancing vision.

2. Correct eye position training

Correction training method for strabismus and amblyopia in children: correcting 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. This is also divided into surgical and non-surgical, in order to create conditions for the recovery of both eyes and allow vision to develop normally. After eye position correction, visual function training should be strengthened and changes in vision and eye position should be closely observed.

3. Improve vision

Corrective training method for strabismus and amblyopia: improving vision. Improving visual acuity is the basic purpose of strabismus and amblyopia treatment. Fine vision training can effectively promote the patient's visual development and achieve enhanced visual effects. Such as needle threading, tracing and drawing, bead threading, etc. Patients can choose according to their own situation.

Is strabismus surgery good for children with amblyopia?

1. During childhood, the visual system is in a period of vigorous growth and development and is plastic. The younger the child, the greater the plasticity and the better the treatment effect. It will be difficult to restore the normal function of strabismus if treatment is continued after the development period ends, and the only way to achieve improvement in appearance is to perform corrective surgery alone.

2. Most strabismus patients need correction through surgery. The best age for strabismus surgery is 3-7 years old. The surgical age for some special congenital strabismus should be before 1-2 years old. Parents are advised to seize the golden period for strabismus treatment.

The harm of strabismus and amblyopia in children

1. Normal people look at the target with both eyes at the same time, and the visual signals from both eyes are transmitted to the brain through nerves to produce stereoscopic vision. Children with strabismus and amblyopia often do not have normal stereoscopic vision because their eyes cannot focus on the target at the same time or they have poor eyesight.

2. Monocular strabismus often affects visual development and causes amblyopia.

3. Children with strabismus and amblyopia have poor eyesight, appearance and stereoscopic vision, which will have an adverse impact on their future career choices.

4. Strabismus will affect appearance. Children with strabismus often have psychological disorders and are prone to inferiority complex.