Amblyopia in children is a common cause of persistent visual impairment, which may become irreversible if not treated timely. Amblyopia is not an independent disease, it occurs after many ophthalmological issues.
Amblyopia, often called "lazy eye syndrome", is a condition in which vision in one or both eyes is underdeveloped in early childhood, very distorted and limited information comes to the brain from the eyes, thus visual acuity remains reduced even when glasses are worn.
Often, the pathology is not identified timely since the child sees well with one eye.
In 99% of cases, we may save the child from amblyopia. The technologies we use allow not only restoring vision, but we can also save the child from glasses addiction!
Depending on the type of amblyopia, the speed of rehabilitation varies from a few days to a year. In the latter case, it is required to conduct 3-4 courses per year.
It is important to understand that it is impossible to cure amblyopia, any of its varieties, using a narrow approach, glasses correction only, occlusions only, or one hardware method only. This approach is outdated and inefficient! Only complex regular treatment, only constant dynamic follow-up by a child's ophthalmologist, and the ability to correct and prescribe the required procedures, techniques, and their combination at a given time will help to achieve a sustainable result.
Laser correction of amblyopia is prescribed in the case of anisometropia. This operation surgery does not eliminate amblyopia but eliminates the optical cause of its occurrence. Therefore, the usual conservative treatment of amblyopia is subsequently performed under regular follow-up by an ophthalmologist.
Undue or irregular amblyopia treatment may cause complications of amblyopia. The most dangerous of them is decrease of visual acuity or total loss of vision. This condition will require correction with glasses or lenses for the rest of the child's life, while the visual acuity in glasses will not improve. Amblyopia worsens the perception of the surrounding world, may cause failures at school, as well as the child's isolation or problems with socialization. Having extensive experience in the amblyopia treatment, our clinic in Bahrain offers various methods of its treatment.
Prevention of amblyopia consists in eliminating its causes, treatment of strabismus, correction of visual acuity, operations of congenital cataracts, drooping eyelid (eyelid ptosis), etc.
The main thing in the prevention of amblyopia is regular examinations by an ophthalmologist, starting from the first months of the child's life. Amblyopia is well treatable in children under 7 years of age since the visual system is not yet fully formed. When diagnosing the first signs of this disease, it is required to contact an ophthalmologist and follow all its recommendations.
It is very important that the medical center is specialized in pediatric ophthalmology. There are specific methods and studies that can identify initial changes in a child.
