Lazy Eye - Should Be Prevented at Childhood
In this save your vision week, many associations of America launched various activities to call the public's attention eye care.
Eye diseases have become quite urgent issue for citizen around the world.
A survey only two years ago illustrated that more than 4.
6 million Americans over 40 are visually impaired or blind, what's worse, the statistics still keep rising in this stressful society.
Eyes, as one of the most delicate organs for human beings should be taken seriously from babyhood.
Some eye diseases, taking lazy eye for instance, would be cured if treated as early as possible.
Lazy eye is medically termed "Amblyopic", a vision problem caused when vision in one eye fails to develop properly in childhood.
If it is detected under the age of 7 years old, it can be effectively treated under normal conditions.
Lazy eye is formed mainly due to the following factors, including squinting, refractive errors, cataract and other conditions such as eye injury.
Squinting Squinting also referred to as strabismus, is a condition when eyes look in different directions.
One eye may be looking straight ahead and the other may point inwards, outwards, up or down.
In order to avoid seeing double, the brain automatically ignores one of the eyes and just relies on the eye that is looking straight ahead.
When the brain completely ignores the signals from a non-dominant eye, its normal visual pathways don't develop properly and amblyopia develops.
Refractive Errors Myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism are all refractive errors, which may cause lazy eye.
If there is a difference in refraction in the two eyes, anisometropia may result.
Some will confuse myopia and hyperopia with amblyopia, since they are both due to refractive errors and then take for granted that amblyopia just need a pair of glasses as those with near sight.
Cataract Lazy eye is easily formed in childhood, as any eye disorders which prevents good vision could lead to amblyopia, such as cataract or scarred cornea.
So parents should attach great importance to children eye condition, and have regular eye examination in case there are any eye diseases.
In dealing with amblyopia, the most effective way is prevention in childhood.
And what if unluckily amblyopia occurs for your kids, timely treatment is needed.
By wearing suitable eyewear, coordinated with special exercise in hospital, lazy eye is likely to be cured.
Eye diseases have become quite urgent issue for citizen around the world.
A survey only two years ago illustrated that more than 4.
6 million Americans over 40 are visually impaired or blind, what's worse, the statistics still keep rising in this stressful society.
Eyes, as one of the most delicate organs for human beings should be taken seriously from babyhood.
Some eye diseases, taking lazy eye for instance, would be cured if treated as early as possible.
Lazy eye is medically termed "Amblyopic", a vision problem caused when vision in one eye fails to develop properly in childhood.
If it is detected under the age of 7 years old, it can be effectively treated under normal conditions.
Lazy eye is formed mainly due to the following factors, including squinting, refractive errors, cataract and other conditions such as eye injury.
Squinting Squinting also referred to as strabismus, is a condition when eyes look in different directions.
One eye may be looking straight ahead and the other may point inwards, outwards, up or down.
In order to avoid seeing double, the brain automatically ignores one of the eyes and just relies on the eye that is looking straight ahead.
When the brain completely ignores the signals from a non-dominant eye, its normal visual pathways don't develop properly and amblyopia develops.
Refractive Errors Myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism are all refractive errors, which may cause lazy eye.
If there is a difference in refraction in the two eyes, anisometropia may result.
Some will confuse myopia and hyperopia with amblyopia, since they are both due to refractive errors and then take for granted that amblyopia just need a pair of glasses as those with near sight.
Cataract Lazy eye is easily formed in childhood, as any eye disorders which prevents good vision could lead to amblyopia, such as cataract or scarred cornea.
So parents should attach great importance to children eye condition, and have regular eye examination in case there are any eye diseases.
In dealing with amblyopia, the most effective way is prevention in childhood.
And what if unluckily amblyopia occurs for your kids, timely treatment is needed.
By wearing suitable eyewear, coordinated with special exercise in hospital, lazy eye is likely to be cured.
