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  2. Amblyopia - Wikipedia

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    Glasses may be all the treatment needed for some children. [2] [4] If this is not sufficient, treatments which encourage or force the child to use the weaker eye are used. [1] This is done by either using a patch or putting atropine in the stronger eye. [1] [8] Without treatment, amblyopia typically persists. [1]

  3. Management of strabismus - Wikipedia

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    A complex approach to non-surgical management of strabismus (wandering eye), amblyopia (lazy eye) and eye movement disorders may include a variety of vision therapy methods, primarily directed at the abnormal retinal correspondence management such as eye occlusion with an eye patch, binocular vision training using a haploscope and many others ...

  4. Strabismus - Wikipedia

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    Strabismus is an eye disorder in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. [2] The eye that is pointed at an object can alternate. [3] The condition may be present occasionally or constantly. [3] If present during a large part of childhood, it may result in amblyopia, or lazy eyes, and loss of depth ...

  5. Pretzel syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Like other muscles of the body, those that control the eyes are also weak, and about 40% of affected children have strabismus or “lazy eye.” Approximately one third of the affected children have anatomical heart defects. The most common is atrial septal defect--a hole between the two upper chambers of the heart. This defect typically does ...

  6. Pediatric ophthalmology - Wikipedia

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    Pediatric ophthalmologists also have expertise in managing the various ocular diseases that affect children. Pediatric ophthalmologists are qualified to perform complex eye surgery as well as to manage children's eye problems using glasses and medications. Many ophthalmologists and other physicians refer pediatric patients to a pediatric ...

  7. Growing up with a lazy eye was difficult. It still makes me ...

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    Kids called me names, and it had a lasting impact on me. The surgeries helped, though. I no longer had to wear the brown eye patch that earned me the names 'pirate' or 'one-eyed monster' with the ...

  8. Esotropia - Wikipedia

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    Amblyopia can, however, arise as a result of esotropia occurring in childhood: In order to relieve symptoms of diplopia or double vision, the child's brain will ignore or "suppress" the image from the esotropic eye, which when allowed to continue untreated will lead to the development of amblyopia. Treatment options for esotropia include ...

  9. 8-Year-Old Boy's Dream of Skydiving Finally Comes True After ...

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    What began as a lazy eye was revealed to be a cancerous mass in Paxton's brain Diagnosed at 5, the little boy had a brief remission before becoming sick again a year later