Amblyopia (Lazy Eye / Suppressed Vision)
Amblyopia (lazy eye, or suppressed vision) happens when one eye doesn't develop normal vision during childhood. amblyopia, or lazy eye, happens when one eye doesn't develop clear vision. The brain learns to ignore signals from the weaker eye.
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Amblyopia (Lazy Eye / Suppressed Vision)
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Symptoms
- One eye sees much better than the other
- Difficulty with depth perception
- One eye may turn inward or outward
- Head tilting to see better
- Eye sensitivity to light
- Poor performance in sports
Causes
- One eye has worse vision than the other
- Eyes are not straight (strabismus)
- Refractive error in one eye
- Eye blocked by cataract
- Needs treatment before age 7-8 for best results
- Brain learns to ignore weaker eye
Treatments
- Glasses to correct vision problem
- Patching the stronger eye
- Eye drops to blur stronger eye
- Treating underlying vision problem
- Vision therapy exercises
- Early treatment gives better results
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