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Suggest Treatment For Amblyopia

Hello, I m live in Bosnia and Herzegovina ( you may not know where it is ) and I have a boy age 4 years and 5 months. My doctor specialists in ophthalmology said that he has amblyopia on the right eye. His sight is approximately 25% of the normal. She ( the doctor ) also said that the condition is incurable. Apparently the colour of the eye nerve is lighter than normal. Diagnosis: Amblyopia O.D. H50.0 Entropy OS H52.0. Please tell me is there any hope for my child and his sight on the right eye. My e mail is YYYY@YYYY
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Hello and welcome to healthcare magic.
Amblyopia or lazy eye is a condition in which one of the eyes become weak because of lack of light stimualtion.
Once established it cannot be corrected even by glasses lenses or lasik
But the hope is that it might be treated uptill 9.5 years of age by stimulation.In this condition patch is apllied to the strong eye(the eye which is normal and not amblyopic) or atropine drops are put in it or both.This method stimulates the weak/lazy/amblyopic eye.The patch can be applied for as long as 6 months.As your son is still young it can be beneficial to him.
Thank you for using healthcaremagic.Good luck!
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Suggest Treatment For Amblyopia

Hello and welcome to healthcare magic. Amblyopia or lazy eye is a condition in which one of the eyes become weak because of lack of light stimualtion. Once established it cannot be corrected even by glasses lenses or lasik But the hope is that it might be treated uptill 9.5 years of age by stimulation.In this condition patch is apllied to the strong eye(the eye which is normal and not amblyopic) or atropine drops are put in it or both.This method stimulates the weak/lazy/amblyopic eye.The patch can be applied for as long as 6 months.As your son is still young it can be beneficial to him. Thank you for using healthcaremagic.Good luck!