My son (6yr) has a lazy eye -his left eye ball is not perfectly round, so he can't see clearly. Therefore he does not use his left eye often. (Other aspects of his left eye is all right -such as focus) It started at -3.75 and now it has been improved to -2.5 after wearing glasses. If the further improvement is not obvious he will have to wear a patch. His ophathamologist told me that he will have a perfect vision with glasses on and he probably will need to wear his glasses at least until he is ten. After that we can elect to have surgery to get it corrected or continue to wear glasses.
I'd like to know if there is any way that can help my son to get his vision corrected, ie., he gets a perfect (20/20) or near perfect vision without glasses?
Thank you.
2006-10-25 22:43:44 · 4 answers · asked by curious 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I'm looking for a non-surgical way.
2006-10-25 22:52:20 · update #1
I grew up with ambleopia or lazy eye. I wore the patch and had the surgery. I still am using just one eye to read and see. I went through college and have had quite a successful life. I don't think your son will ever be 20/20 in that eye, but some improvement will be made. That eye will always be weaker. I just wanted you to know that people with lazy eye can have successful lives.
2006-10-26 02:55:42 · answer #1 · answered by bramblerock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The regimen is to cover the good eye for several hours a day to force use of lazy eye. Then, correction of vision in the defective eye. This should be done at once or the lazy eye may lose vision.
2006-10-25 22:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-19 09:25:28 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surgery can fix it.
2006-10-25 22:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋