my daughter has a lazy eye,she is three years old,what can be done for it?

Answer 1

my nephew had a slightly lazy eye at about 3 months old and his parents use a eye patch over the stronger eye. by exercising the muscle of the lazy eye, your daughter may be able to regain some, if not all control, of the eye movement. if she is of school age, this might be embarrasing for her but there are other alternatives. talk to an opthamalogist. i linked an article that explains more about the condition (its called amblyopia) and how it can be treated.

Answer 2

There are three things that can be done. (My son also has lazy eye)

1) wear glasses

2) wear a patch

3) have surgery.

It is between you and your eye doctor on what is more appropriate for your child. Mostly a doctor will start with eye glasses. After wearing them for a while, he/she will determine if a patch will be enough to strengthen the eye that is being pulled aside. If these don't work, there is a simple surgery used to correct the problem. (My husbands' aunt had the surgery and never had to wear glasses again)

Best wishes!

Answer 3

My 5 year old son also has a lazy eye. He had surgery when he was just shy of his fourth birthday. It is called "strabismus" surgery. My son had this done, and then had to patch his good eye to condition his weak eye for a few months. HArd for a kid to do, but if you stick with it it is worth the result. My son has to have his done again, which I hear is pretty common, because they muscle that holds the eye straight sometimes loosens up as the child grows. Anyways, she will need to see an opthamologist to determine if surgery is warranted. Good luck, I was super stressed about it, but it's "nothing" nowadays...

Answer 4

When I was your daughters age, I also had a lazy eye. My parents took me to an optometrist and he gave me exercises to do with my eyes. They were fun. An example: toss the ball on a rope into a little cup using the hand with the lazy eye and the good eye too and see what you have to do to improve the bad side so they are equal.

Answer 5

If glasses are worn continuously over time the poor vision will generally become worse. Essentially what glasses do is lock the eyes into their refractive state and in order to see through your lenses you have to maintain the poor vision that the lenses are designed to correct.
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Answer 6

Depending on the type of strabismus, whether the eye turns in (cross-eyed) or out (wall-eyed), the doctor can suggest different types of therapy. Sometimes glasses are recommended, other times, a patch is used to strengthen the weak eye. Talk to your child's pediatrician to get a referral to an optometrist. The optometrist will determine the best course of action for your child's specific needs.

Answer 7

She probably needs glasses. My son got glasses at that age. I noticed that his eye was crossing and I took him in and the nurse practitioner said he was probably sleepy! I took him to a pediatric optometrist and he said that kids are often far sighted and it usually corrects itself as they age and as the eye grows and changes shape. The doc dilated my son's eyes to check them and he was prescribed glasses. Both of his eyes were equally bad so he only received the glasses. Some children need to wear a patch over one eye if one eye is stronger than the other.
So schedule an appt with your regular doctor first and they can run some simple tests first before going to an optometrist.
I hope that this helps.

Answer 8

Talk to a doctor for advice, what you get here is worth what you pay for it.

That said, I observe that Optometrists (not medical doctors) tend to prescribe eye patches to train the lazy eye to be stronger. Optomologists (medical doctors) tend to favor the glasses approach. .

Answer 9

If you take her to the eye Doctor they will give you some games/exercises for the eye to help her. And be able to see if surgery is needed.

Answer 10

My nephew had to wear glasses. Usually it helps depending on the severity. Take her to the eye doctor if possible.