Amblyopia Treatment

Amblyopia, also known as lazy eye, is a condition that occurs when undeveloped central vision - usually in one eye - causes the brain to ignore the images from that eye and see only out of the developed eye. Left untreated, amblyopia can cause permanent vision damage.

Usually diagnosed in children under six, the condition can usually be remedied through various amblyopia treatments. Although it will not go away on its own, with proper treatment, amblyopia can be totally reversed.

Examples of amblyopia treatments include: vision therapy, which usually involves wearing an eye patch over the good eye to force the brain to focus on the vision from the amblyopic eye, thus strengthening it; atropine eye drops (used in place of the eye patch), which temporarily weaken vision in the good eye, forcing use of the amblyopic eye; or corrective lenses to fix a strong refractive problem that may be the root of the amblyopia. Surgery may be used as an amblyopia treatment if the condition is the result of strabismus, a disease caused by underdeveloped eye muscles.

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