Ophthalmology Lecture: Amblyopia

This video excerpt describes how amblyopia develops in children. Basically, if one eye doesn't see well from an early age, the wiring never forms correctly back to the occipital cortex. This is an excerpt from a larger pediatric ophthalmology lecture from OphthoBook.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• amblyopia
• patching
• kids
• vision
• ophthalmology
• optometry
• lecture

[DrummergirlKJ]

hmmm now im depressed... i have this.

[robinson6119]

eye specialist are just being stubborn towards adults if these links are just mussels then they can grow and get strong i think it can be fixed by extreme exercises china has proved this by sending people to boot camps where there constantly exercising the amblyopic eye and nearly every one has came out with visual improvements some even got 20/20 so don't listen to your doctor put you down when they say theirs nothing can be done just their laziness get a patch and force that eye to work!

[klm84klm84]

according to my ophtho prof yes--he thinks ppl with amblyopia have very poor depth perception their whole lives. He told my one friend he would never be able to become a surgeon because of this

[detroitlionsforever1]

can lazy eye cause loss of depth of perception in one eye?

[jsDX11]

Playing BF3 with an eyepatch over my left eye helps

[txflyboy04]

I have had amblyopia for my whole life, but I wasn't diagnosed with it until I was 9 years old. I thought having two different vision qualities was normal. I am now 25 and my good (right) eye sees 20/15 @ + .25D and my left eye sees at 20/25 @ + 3.5D when I use accommodation. However, no glasses or contacts can get me to 20/20 in my left eye. I am going to get wavefront PRK when I return to the U.S. Has any amblyope here tried laser surgery?

[Allison99show]

i have this the eye doctor telled me this when i was really little i had to wear eye paches i hope when i grow up there will be surgeries for this desses

[Knuckles194]

@robinson6119 thank you im 17 and I have this i hope i can beat it with the eye patch im wearing right now

[xohearts16]

I have amblyopia and it SUCKS. I can't apply make up on one of my eyes (on the lid only, like eyeliner and stuff) cause I can't see it. I used to wear an eye patch as a child for a year or two and it helped, but I got self conscious because other kids made fun of me and were scared of me. My vision in my left eye is still really bad though.

[chardazys]

i have it, it sucks i have to wear glasses for the rest of my life. :*(