Wake up – Lazy eye

Is there any treatment for lazy eye?
For milder cases glasses may be an option.Glasses may not be able to correct the
difference between the eyes. This is because as the prescrition increases the size of the
image formed by the glasses increases (farsightedness) or decreases (nearsightedness),
The brain is unable to fuse such different images, As a rough guide upto 3 dioptre
difference between the eyes may be tolerated. In such cases contact lenses are necessary.
In addition to glasses or contact lenses the child may also need to have an eye
patch worn on the stronger eye to strengthen the weaker.The child maybe contact
lens intolerant or simply refuse to wear contact lenses. This is the only indication for
recommending laser vision correction for children.

About Rajesh Khanna MD

A passion to spread vision.
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