Is refractive amblyopia easy to treat?

Written by Peng Xi Feng
Ophthalmology
Updated on September 20, 2024
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Early detection, treatment, and training for refractive amblyopia can potentially restore normal vision, but the extent of recovery varies from person to person. Since the principles behind various amblyopia treatment methods differ and have their advantages, comprehensive therapy is superior to single therapy. For a child with amblyopia in one eye, the routine initially involves covering the healthy eye to give the amblyopic eye more focused exercise, combined with precise visual acuity training, stimulation from amblyopia treatment devices, and so forth. After months or years of treatment, the child's vision in the amblyopic eye will show significant and rapid improvement.

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Refractive errors should include:

Refractive errors include myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and anisometropia. Myopia can be divided into refractive myopia and axial myopia. Hyperopia can also be categorized based on the state of accommodation into manifest hyperopia, latent hyperopia, and total hyperopia. Astigmatism is divided into simple hyperopic astigmatism, simple myopic astigmatism, compound myopic astigmatism, compound hyperopic astigmatism, and mixed astigmatism.

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How to correct refractive errors

Refractive errors include myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and anisometropia. The correction of myopia can be achieved using appropriate concave lenses, while hyperopia requires suitable convex lenses for correction. The correction of astigmatism depends on the degree and axis differences, so it is necessary to use lenses with the appropriate degree and axis for correction. Anisometropia, due to the significant difference in the degree between the two eyes, requires consideration of the sufficient degree and the correction of the magnification rate of the retinal image during correction.

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Refractive amblyopia can be cured

Refractive amblyopia, most cases can be cured. Most refractive amblyopia is associated with hyperopia, accompanied by amblyopia, caused by abnormal fetal development in the womb, and the specific cause is unknown. If amblyopia in children can be detected between the ages of three to five and treated in a timely manner, most cases can be cured with a good prognosis. Treatment before the age of eight has better outcomes; treatment between 8-12 years old is less effective; there is no way to treat after age 12. The principle of treating amblyopic children is based on medical optometric prescription combined with effective amblyopia training, which primarily includes threading beads, puzzles, or using amblyopia treatment devices, etc. After amblyopia is cured, follow-up is required for three years to prevent recurrence.

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Do you need to wear glasses for refractive errors?

First, it should be clarified that true refractive errors must be corrected with glasses. Refractive errors in clinical practice are divided into pseudo-refractive errors and true refractive errors. Pseudo-refractive errors generally occur in preschool children and children in the early years of school. When a decline in vision occurs, parents should take their children to the hospital for a medical optometry examination. After pupil dilation, a comprehensive optometry examination can determine whether the child has a pseudo-refractive error or a true refractive error. If it is a pseudo-refractive error, it can be improved through more rest, more outdoor activities, and various physiotherapy methods to alleviate visual fatigue, thereby improving vision. However, once it is diagnosed as a true refractive error, appropriate strength glasses should be promptly prescribed for the child to correct the vision. Because if true refractive errors are not corrected, visual fatigue will persist and continue to worsen, which will cause the child's prescription to continuously increase.

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What is refractive error?

Refractive errors in ophthalmology include myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. The optical principle behind these is that parallel light rays, after passing through the optical system of the eyeball, do not focus on the retina, and therefore do not form a clear image. This condition is known as a refractive error. In everyday life, some people mistakenly believe that presbyopia is also a refractive error, but presbyopia is not a refractive error; it is a physiological condition. The common refractive errors are the three types I just mentioned: myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.