Contents:
- Medical Video: No need to suffer from wandering eye or crossed eyes
- What is amblyopia?
- What caused it?
- Strabismus or squint eyes
- Refractive disorders
- Congenital cataracts
- What are the signs and symptoms of lazy eyes?
- Are lazy eyes dangerous?
- How to handle it?
Medical Video: No need to suffer from wandering eye or crossed eyes
Amblyopia is the most common condition in children. But if left unchecked, symptoms of lazy eyes can carry on until the little one is grown up. What are the dangers, and what are the signs and symptoms to watch out for? Check out the full info in this article.
What is amblyopia?
Amblyopia has another name for lazy eyes. Amblyopia is a decrease in vision due to the nerves of the eye and brain that do not work properly. This condition is characterized by the vision of one side of the eye that is worse than the other eye. Unconsciously, this difference in the quality of eye vision will make the brain ignore signals or impulses from weaker eyes, or "lazy" eyes.
Lazy eyes develop on average from birth to the age of seven. This disease is one of the causes of decreased vision in most children.
What caused it?
This decrease in vision occurs due to impaired visual development. The following are some of the common causes of lazy eyes:
Strabismus or squint eyes
Lazy eyes are different with squint or eyesstrabismus. However,strabismuscan trigger lazy eyes because children have the habit of seeing both different directions. If the squinted eye is less frequently used than a healthy eye, this can cause the squint to weaken.
Refractive disorders
Nearsightedness, farsightedness or cylindrical eyes both cause vision problems that result in blurred vision. In children who have lazy eyes, usually a more severe vision disorder only occurs in one eye. This then causes a difference in visual quality and perception which ultimately causes the eye to become "lazy" to see.
Congenital cataracts
Congenital cataracts are ophthalmic opacities that occur from birth. If your child has congenital cataracts, you can usually see gray spots on the baby's pupils. In addition, it may also be less sensitive to the surrounding environment (for example, the baby does not turn around when someone is beside him), or unusual baby eye movements.
Cataracts generally occur in only one eye. Eyes that are affected by cataracts can weaken their vision so they look 'lazy'.
What are the signs and symptoms of lazy eyes?
Symptoms of lazy eyes include:
- It only occurs in one eye, not both.
- Both eyes cannot work together or different images when looking at an object.
- Double vision
- Often frowns
- Visual perception will differ between normal people and people who experience lazy eyes.
- Visual perception will differ between normal people and people who experience lazy eyes.
In children who have lazy eyes, weaker eyes usually don't look too different compared to other eyes. However, in some circumstances, these weaker eyes might look 'run' in a different direction from the eye next to it. For example, inward or outward direction. Looks like a cross, but lazy eyes are not squint. Even so, squint eyes can cause lazy eyes (see point above).
Are lazy eyes dangerous?
Lazy eyes are very risky to cause children to lose their visual abilities. Moreover, this disorder can occur from birth. Therefore the risk of loss of vision can be even greater if it is not quickly handled by a doctor.
How to handle it?
The main treatment for lazy eyes is to diagnose the underlying visual impairment and treat it according to the diagnosis, whether it's strabismus, cataracts, or certain refractive disorders.
The following are the procedures for handling it:
- In infants who suffer from cataracts, you should immediately be able to undergo an eye lens replacement surgery immediately replaced when he enters two months.
- If your baby is diagnosed with a refractive disorder, take your baby to the ophthalmologist to get a prescription for the appropriate glasses.
- Occlusion therapy.
- Your doctor may also suggest using an eye patch for healthier eyes, so that weak eyes can be trained to see. Eye patches can usually be used for one to two hours a day. This eye patch serves to help the development of the brain that controls vision.
- If your child has squint eyes, he may have to undergo surgery to repair his eye muscles.
Afterwards, the severity of lazy eye symptoms can be managed over time. The faster the lazy eye is repaired, the better the treatment results. So, don't hesitate to consult your doctor immediately.
