What kind of disease is amblyopia, and how should we parents achieve early detection and early treatment? 1.What is amblyopia? Amblyopia, in English slang, becomes “lazy eye”, which means that the eye is lazy and does not look at things actively. There is no abnormality in the appearance of the child’s eyes, but only the visual function is poorly developed, the eye examination often has refractive error, dilated pupil examination, after wearing appropriate corrective glasses vision is still less than 0.8 or two lines of vision difference between the two eyes. 2.What are the effects of amblyopia on children? Amblyopia not only has poor visual acuity, but also has no stereo vision, which often leads to problems such as walking and falling, inattentiveness, and other problems, and also affects learning and the formation of low self-esteem, and even has a negative impact on career choice after growing up, and is rejected by medical, art and construction industries. Therefore, parents must pay attention to it. 3.How to detect amblyopia? In daily life, if children often fall, can’t hold things correctly, afraid to go down the stairs, etc., parents should pay attention to it, you can first use the vision chart to check whether the vision is normal. For younger children, the masking method can be used to cover the child’s eyes with an appropriate mask, if the child tears when one eye is covered, but the child does not have any opinion when the other eye is covered, it means that the “lazy eye” does not respond to the mask, and amblyopia should be suspected. At this time, you should go to a regular eye hospital for examination as soon as possible to avoid delaying the best treatment. 4.How is amblyopia treated? The masking method, the posterior image method, the flashing red light method, and the synoptic machine method all have good effects. The “lazy eye” is forced to work hard. 0-3 years old is the critical period for amblyopia treatment in children, 3-8 years old is the sensitive period for treatment, after 12 years old then treating amblyopia, the chance of vision recovery becomes smaller and smaller. The younger the age, the better the treatment effect. Waking up this lazy eye is not an easy task, it requires long-term follow-up by a professional doctor, patient help from parents and active cooperation from the child. Most children are very resistant in masking treatment, and practices like Layla’s father’s are well worth emulating ~ no matter how much effort is put in, as long as the child has a pair of healthy and bright eyes, it is all worth it.