Patient's question:
Doctor, hello. My son is exactly 6 years old this year, but he has a problem where he has reappeared with many symptoms of childhood strabismus and amblyopia. I would like to ask the doctor if it is still possible to correct the condition in his case. If so, how should it be corrected, and what precautions should be taken?Doctor's answer:
If the child currently experiences strabismus again along with amblyopia, the cause of the strabismus may be related to the amblyopia itself. Therefore, it is recommended that the child visit the hospital's ophthalmology department for a follow-up examination as soon as possible. This should include careful checks such as prism, slit lamp, dilated vision chart, medical refraction, and other tests. Based on the results of these examinations, appropriate glasses should be prescribed to correct the child's vision first. Then, depending on the outcome after correction, it can be determined whether further measures such as prism or surgery are needed to correct the strabismus.