Many parents are not sure whether their child has amblyopia or myopia, and only know that their child is unable to see objects around them. So how exactly do you distinguish between pediatric amblyopia and myopia? A different principle: amblyopia: after birth, the infant, for some reason caused by binocular visual impairment, the visual cells do not get normal stimulation, visual function is stuck in a low level, binocular vision is low, can not be corrected, the formation of binocular amblyopia; if you can only use one eye to see things, over time repeated stimulation of the eye visual development, and can not look at the other eye development is delayed, the formation of monocular amblyopia. Amblyopia can occur during visual development, mostly starting at the age of 1 to 2. The earlier the onset of amblyopia, the more severe it becomes. Myopia: When parallel light rays are focused in front of the retina through the refractive system of the eye in a relaxed state, it is called myopia. 3-year-olds should have about 200 degrees of farsightedness with a visual acuity of about 0.6; 8-year-olds should have about 150 degrees of farsightedness with a visual acuity of about 0.8; and 12-year-olds should also have about 100 degrees of farsightedness with a visual acuity of 1.0. Dr. Fan’s Optometry Center reminds you that if Your child may be at high risk for myopia if he or she develops orthopia prematurely and has a vision of 1.0. Vision care and eyeglass fitting consultants warmly remind you to take a 5-10 minute break after 40 minutes of eye use, don’t let your eyes suffer. Second, the standard is different: amblyopia: according to the 2010 annual meeting of the eye amblyopia new standards: children under 3 years old, with glasses corrected vision for less than 0.5; 4 to 5 years old, with glasses corrected vision less than 0.6; 6 to 7 years old, with glasses corrected vision less than 0.7; or two eyes after correction of vision difference of more than 2 lines. Myopia: 1.0 is a cut-off line, if children’s visual acuity is below 1.0, they need to correct refractive errors. Different treatment methods: Amblyopia: generally treated by amblyopia training, the earlier the treatment, the better the effect, if you can start treatment before the age of 5-6 years old the best effect; after 10 years old the effect is relatively poor. Myopia: through glasses or wearing keratomileusis to improve and control visual acuity.