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What Causes Headache And Blurred Vision When Eye Patched Is Used On Wrong Eye?

I'm a 26 year old guy and have a lazy eye. I've used an eye patch over my good eye but my other eye is soo blurry that after about an hour my eye hurts and I start getting a headache. Every now and then the eye will go extremely clear but as soon as I blink it goes blurry again.

Does this mean that the patch is working? All I was told is that it would take "some time" before the eye would be strong enough for corrective lenses to be useful (strongest lenses my optomatrist had were still rather blurry on the 1st 2 lines on their chart).

Would be good to know how much more of this I have to endure

Thanks
Wed, 20 Aug 2014
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Adult onset amblyopia (lazy eye) is always a difficult thing to treat. Patching can help , but its not always effective. Kindly have patience. Newest study suggest playing video games with patched good eye can help in adult onset amblyopia. Kindly consult your ophthalmologist.
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What Causes Headache And Blurred Vision When Eye Patched Is Used On Wrong Eye?

Adult onset amblyopia (lazy eye) is always a difficult thing to treat. Patching can help , but its not always effective. Kindly have patience. Newest study suggest playing video games with patched good eye can help in adult onset amblyopia. Kindly consult your ophthalmologist.