lazy eye question???

Question

i am 15 years old and i have a lazy eye. i have had 2 operations done on it so far. (one at the age of 10, and one at the age of 12) my eyes were fine after the operations but just last year my eye became crossed again and people started to notice it alot. i was wondering if i can still get an operation to get it fixed or if theres another way for me to cover it up.

Answer 1

Lazy Eye (Amblyopia) and Crossed Eyes (Strabismus) are not the same condition so you should get clear about what condition you have.

Many people make the mistake of saying that a person who has a crossed or turned eye has a "lazy eye," but amblyopia and strabismus are not the same condition. Some of the confusion may be due to the fact that an eye turn can cause lazy eye. In other words, amblyopia can result from a constant unilateral strabismus (i.e., an eye that turns or deviates all of the time). Alternating or intermittent strabismus (an eye turn which occurs only some of the time) rarely causes amblyopia.

Various scientific studies report success rates for eye muscle surgeries ranging from 30% to 80%. Since your surgeon has recommended eye muscle surgery, ask how many surgeries! The surgeon should be very clear as to the possibility that repeat surgeries will be recommended down the road.

Other treatment of Lazy Eye involves glasses, drops, vision therapy and/or patching. Recent medical research has proven that amblyopia is successfully treated up to the age of 17.

Treatment of amblyopia(Lazy Eye) after the age of 17 is not dependent upon age but requires more effort including vision therapy. Although improvements are possible at any age with proper treatment, early detection and treatment still offer the best outcome.

Answer 2

You should find out what the cause of your lazy eye is. My daughter has a lazy eye. She is 14 and has never had surgery. I had her fitted with a proper pair of glasses when she was about 2 and had her go to vision therapy. She still does the exercises.

Your eyes will go crossed unless you fix the underlying problem of them crossing. Surgery cosmetically corrects the "look" of your eyes, but it isn't fixing the problem. You should see an optometrist to get proper glasses that might fix the problem.

I don't know if this is the same thing that you have, but my daughter's problem is that she cannot see close up. The eyes have a natural tendency to "cross" when focusing on things from distance to close up. If the eye doesn't focus on the object, it gets confused and shuts down. This is what caused a turn in my daughter's eye. When she got the proper glasses, the turn stopped. The problem then becomes, helping the muscles of the eye work properly to help you see better.

Here iare sites I recommend that will explain it better:

http://www.lazyeye.org/

http://www.optometrists.org/

The one thing that I'll leave you to think about is this: If the problem was a speech problem, would you let a doctor cut your tounge to fix it? No, you would get speech therapy to fix the problem. I think the same holds true for vision difficulties.

Answer 3

you could always ask your doctor if there was a more permanent solution. or you can always goto another doctor for a second opinion or to check up on your current doctors methods thus far to correct your lazy eye.

here is some links to sites with some corrective treatments:
http://vision.about.com/od/othereyediseases/a/lazyeyetherapy.htm
http://www.visionchannel.net/amblyopia/diagnosis.shtml


my brother has a paralyzed eye. meaning that w/ his left eye he looks completely forward 24/7 it does not move his right eye is perfectly normal. he can look at something straight ahead of him and to the right of him at the same time. it freaks some out while others were fascinated by it. in short what i am saying by telling you about my brother is that, if in the event that there is no permanent solution for you then you can use it to your advantage.

good luck and i hope this helps some :)

Answer 4

hmm...id go to a doctor bud, tell them exactly what happened, and ask them if they can take care of it, and keep it that way, i hope this helped