If your child cannot see clearly, it may not be myopia.

My child can’t see clearly even with glasses on. What’s going on?

When encountering this situation, parents should pay attention: this may be due to amblyopia.

Amblyopia is a common eye disease in the development of children and an important factor leading to low vision in children. It refers to the abnormal visual experience during the visual development period, which causes the best corrected visual acuity of one or both eyes to be lower than the normal value of vision for the corresponding age, or the visual acuity of both eyes differs by more than 2 lines, but there is no organic lesion after eye examination.

The harm of amblyopia is far greater than that of myopia , which usually leads to poor vision , easy formation of strabismus , affecting stereoscopic vision , prone to visual fatigue , and affecting mental health .

The best corrected visual acuity of a patient with amblyopia will be lower than normal. Therefore, parents can find out their child's amblyopia from these clues :

01. Often tilting the head, squinting, etc. when looking at things

02. When one eye is esotropia or exotropia, or strabismic amblyopia occurs

03. Reduced stereoscopic vision, slow down stairs, easy to trip when walking

04. Incoordination between hands and eyes, slow reading speed and poor comprehension

If amblyopia is not cured in time, it will affect the child's future and quality of life. At present, the treatment methods for amblyopia include: surgical correction , wearing refractive correction glasses , occlusion , and visual training .

However, the treatment of amblyopia is a long process, and the older the age, the worse the effect of amblyopia treatment, so early detection , early diagnosis and early treatment are necessary. Usually, the success rate of amblyopia treatment is higher when the child is around 3 years old. After the age of 12, the treatment becomes more difficult and more efforts are needed to improve vision. However, even for adults with amblyopia, after regular treatment, vision and visual function can be improved, and their quality of life can be improved.