How to treat amblyopia in children

The incidence of amblyopia in children is becoming higher and higher. Some parents become very anxious when they find that their children's vision has deteriorated. In fact, although amblyopia cannot be completely cured immediately, as long as the corresponding treatment measures are found, the deterioration of the disease can be controlled, and the children's vision can be effectively improved. The vision will not be too low and the correction purpose will be achieved.

What to do if your child has amblyopia

Eliminate inhibition, improve vision, correct eye position, and train macular fixation and fusion functions to restore binocular vision function. The therapeutic effect of amblyopia is related to age and the nature of fixation. It is better at 5 to 6 years old and worse after 8 years old. Central fixation is better and paracentral fixation is worse.

1. Refractive correction

Correcting refractive error is the most basic treatment for amblyopia, especially for anisometropia and refractive amblyopia.

2. Eye surgery

For some cases of strabismic amblyopia caused by non-accommodative strabismus, surgical correction is required.

3. Masking therapy

That is, covering the dominant eye and forcing the amblyopic eye to use it is the most widely used and most effective method for treating monocular amblyopia.

4. Depression therapy

Wearing overcorrected lenses and dilating the pupil with atropine in the dominant eye is suitable for children with moderate to mild monocular amblyopia and poor compliance with occlusion therapy.

5. Drug therapy

Dopamine, citicoline and other drugs combined with occlusion therapy can significantly improve the efficacy of amblyopia.

6. Others

Afterimage therapy, red filter method, light brush therapy, visual stimulation therapy, flicker light therapy, helium-neon laser therapy, etc. are also often used to treat amblyopia. Due to the effectiveness of a single method, two or three methods are often used for comprehensive treatment.

Amblyopia refers to the condition in which the best corrected visual acuity of one or both eyes is lower than the visual acuity of the corresponding age without obvious organic lesions in the eye. Alternatively, amblyopia refers to the condition in which the lower visual acuity of one or both eyes differs by 2 lines or more between the two eyes. This disease is an eye disease closely related to visual development, manifested as varying degrees of vision loss during the development of the visual system, usually affecting one eye.

Monocular strabismus, anisometropia, high refractive error and form deprivation are common pathogenic factors. Amblyopia is an eye disease that seriously endangers children's visual function. Some amblyopia can be restored to normal through treatment. The earlier it is discovered and the more timely the treatment, the better the prognosis. If not treated in time, it may cause worsening of amblyopia or even blindness.