Lazy Eye Patches Can Be Worn for Lesser Periods
Doctors working in London conducted a study on Lazy Eye sufferers that showed that affected children may only have to wear the patch for approximately four hours a day to force the weaker to develop properly. If not caught early in life and treated properly lazy eye can lead to loss of vision and improper death perception. While the vision of the person who suffers from amplyobia can be improved at any time during his life, a full correction can occur only in childhood while the eyes are still developing. No other physiological explanation or other eye disease causes the reduced vision associated with lazy eye. The brain does not see the image properly. The eyes may be capable of providing the person with lazy eye perfect vision, but the images are not interpreted properly by the mind.
In the past there has been some argument over the best course of treatment for lazy eye. Some doctors advocated wearing a patch the whole day, while others suggested that applying the patch to a child with lazy eye only part of the day was appropriate. Vision screenings given to school and preschool can usually correct amplyobia, but vision screenings designed to test how well children can read the letter may not be the most beneficial.
The study in London followed 80 children who were required to wear an eye patch for treatment of Lazy eye for six or twelve hours daily. Eye Doctors in the London study also developed a device for monitoring how much time the children being treated actually did wear their patch. The vision of both groups was checked every two weeks. The study found that the improvement of vision in the children of lazy eye was the same whether the children wore the patches three to six hours or six to twelve hours each day.
The good news for both parents of children with lazy eye and children with lazy eye themselves its that the patches can be worn for less time and the same benefits accrue. The younger the child is, the more likely the brain is to force the development of the weaker eye.
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Published by S. Landis
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