Amblyopia treatment
Amblyopia treatment
The treatment of Amblyopia is more effective at an early stage among children’s life, normally before the child is 7 years old. The eye is treated by making the child to use the affected eye more. Thus the child is forced to use the eye with reduced vision more as compared to the eye that works well. There are two different ways of ensuring this during the treatment:
- Atropine: Atropine is a drug that is in liquid form. A drop of this drug is placed in the eye not affected by Amblyopia. This results in a blurred vision in the normal eye for a temporary period of time. The child is thus forced to use the eye affected with Amblyopia more then the stronger eye. This results in stimulating the vision in the affected eye of the child and also helps the brain that co – ordinates vision with eye to develop in a complete way.
- Patching: In this case an adhesive opaque patch is placed over the stronger eye for over a month to at least a week. This blocks the vision of the stronger eye and thus the child is forced to use the weaker or the affected eye. This stimulates the vision in the weaker eye and forces the brain to develop complete co-ordination with the weaker eye. For this treatment to be effective, it is important to wear the opaque patch for at least 6 hours per day.
The treatment of Amblyopia among adults is not very comprehensive yet and the experts are still trying to come up with a more complete and effective treatment. This is because as the child grows old the nerve that is attached to the brain and the eye which results in vision becomes more complicated.
