A:
Initially, a full correction of eyeglasses
is given. If this cannot improve the vision
then strong eye is patched until the vision
in weaker eye is improved. If strabismus
is not improved, eye muscle surgery is recommended
to align both eyes to prevent amblyopia.
It is vital to the correction of amblyopia
that treatment begins as early as possible.
A child's nervous system continues to develop
through infancy and can only be corrected
during this sensitive period. Doing nothing
and waiting will only cause permanent, irreversible
damage. |