Patient's question:
Boy, 7 years old, my child always says he can't see the blackboard clearly, and he says things have double vision. Later, it was checked that he has mild strabismus. How should children with mild amblyopia be treated?Doctor's answer:
Strabismus can be treated with a comprehensive evaluation therapy: Since the mechanisms of various treatment methods differ, comprehensive evaluation therapy is superior to single therapy. For children with unilateral amblyopia, the healthy eye should first be covered conventionally to provide more gazing exercises for the amblyopic eye, combined with fine motor vision training and pulsed red light stimulation. For amblyopes with eccentric gazing, methods such as afterimage therapy can be chosen. After several months of treatment, if the vision of the amblyopic eye improves significantly, further treatment in a hospital may be recommended (e.g., fusion training using a fixation machine when vision improves to 0.6). Early detection is the key to treating amblyopia. For individuals under the age of 5, covering the healthy eye can yield better results. Since the healthy eye is covered, the brain is forced to use the amblyopic eye.