Amblyopia Treatment
Diagnosis
Your doctor will conduct an eye exam, checking for eye health, a wandering eye, a difference in vision between the eyes or poor vision in both eyes. Eyedrops are generally used to dilate the eyes. The eye drops cause blurred vision that lasts for several hours or a day.
- Preverbal children
A lighted magnifying device can be used to detect cataracts. Other tests can assess an infant’s or toddler’s ability to fix his or her gaze and to follow a moving object.
- Preverbal children
A lighted magnifying device can be used to detect cataracts. Other tests can assess an infant’s or toddler’s ability to fix his or her gaze and to follow a moving object.
Treatment
Activity-based treatments:
such as drawing, doing puzzles or playing computer games — are available. The effectiveness of adding these activities to other therapies hasn’t been proved.
such as drawing, doing puzzles or playing computer games — are available. The effectiveness of adding these activities to other therapies hasn’t been proved.
Research into new treatments is ongoing.
For most children with lazy eye, proper treatment improves vision within weeks to months. Treatment might last from six months to two years. It’s important for your child to be monitored for recurrence of lazy eye — which can happen in up to 25 percent of children with the condition. If lazy eye recurs, treatment will need to start again.
For most children with lazy eye, proper treatment improves vision within weeks to months. Treatment might last from six months to two years. It’s important for your child to be monitored for recurrence of lazy eye — which can happen in up to 25 percent of children with the condition. If lazy eye recurs, treatment will need to start again.
