DID YOU KNOW ?
Amblyopia or lazy eye can be treated even upto 17 years of age. This is what the latest research has to tell us. This comes from the PEDIG ( pediatric eye disease investigator group)..
I thought I should give it a try. Previously the thought was that vision could not be improved in cases of amblyopia beyond 7-8 years of age.
I wish to share 2 cases with you. One was a 11 year old boy, very intelligent and well behaved. His parents were shocked when it was discovered that he had a vision of 6/60 in one eye. They came to me and the refraction was +2.00. He was prescribed glasses and patching. He improved to 6/12 and could read a few letters on the 6/9 line as well. In other words he was out of the definition of amblyopia. Of course the credit goes to the young lad as he was sincere in the patching and serious about improvement in vision.
My second interesting patient was a 23 year old girl with squint ( convergent ). She had a vision of 6/36 in the left eye which was the squinting eye. She was again advised intense patching and within 2 weeks her vision had improved to 6/12. For her and her family it was very reassuring. She had been indoors for two weeks and taken a break from her work to ensure that her eyesight improves.
I used to counsel them well, with positive reinforcement of the benefits of patching and use of near exercises.
My message is
1. try patching even in the older age group.
2. intense counselling
3. positive reinforcement of benefits
4. show them the response in a week's time, which will spur them to perform better...
This will be our contribution towards the elimination of preventable visual impairment.
Amblyopia or lazy eye can be treated even upto 17 years of age. This is what the latest research has to tell us. This comes from the PEDIG ( pediatric eye disease investigator group)..
I thought I should give it a try. Previously the thought was that vision could not be improved in cases of amblyopia beyond 7-8 years of age.
I wish to share 2 cases with you. One was a 11 year old boy, very intelligent and well behaved. His parents were shocked when it was discovered that he had a vision of 6/60 in one eye. They came to me and the refraction was +2.00. He was prescribed glasses and patching. He improved to 6/12 and could read a few letters on the 6/9 line as well. In other words he was out of the definition of amblyopia. Of course the credit goes to the young lad as he was sincere in the patching and serious about improvement in vision.
My second interesting patient was a 23 year old girl with squint ( convergent ). She had a vision of 6/36 in the left eye which was the squinting eye. She was again advised intense patching and within 2 weeks her vision had improved to 6/12. For her and her family it was very reassuring. She had been indoors for two weeks and taken a break from her work to ensure that her eyesight improves.
I used to counsel them well, with positive reinforcement of the benefits of patching and use of near exercises.
My message is
1. try patching even in the older age group.
2. intense counselling
3. positive reinforcement of benefits
4. show them the response in a week's time, which will spur them to perform better...
This will be our contribution towards the elimination of preventable visual impairment.
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