Amblyopia in children must be treated early according to the national children’s amblyopia flow statistics, the prevalence of amblyopia in children amounted to 2.8%, China’s children for more than 300 million people, then the amblyopia affected children in more than 8 million. This number is really amazing, amblyopia is one of the serious eye diseases that endanger children’s visual development, which has a negative impact on children’s growth and future education and employment. Due to the limitations, eye care is not popular in China, so most children are not able to have their eyesight checked in time or are not checked accurately. Parents do not detect amblyopia in time, so the child misses the best time for treatment, so the child will grow up with poor vision even with glasses. Therefore, parents must pay attention to their children’s amblyopia problem. Amblyopia prevention and control can be started from the following aspects: 1, preschool vision check: children in general, especially those who grew up in kindergartens, at the age of 3, after simple training, the vast majority of them will recognize the vision table. Kindergartens that are in a position to do so should conduct an annual census of children’s eyesight. Parents can also purchase a standard vision chart and hang it on a well-lit wall for their children to identify at a distance of 5 meters. When checking, make sure to cover the eyes separately and not both eyes at the same time to prevent monocular amblyopia from being missed. After repeatedly and carefully checking several times, if the vision of one eye is below 0.8 for several times, the child needs to be taken to the hospital for further examination. 2, early detection of the first signs of abnormality: amblyopic children with abnormal performance, such as strabismus, skewed head, squinting or close to the eyes, etc.. Once a child is found to have strabismus and other phenomena, he or she should go to the hospital as soon as possible. 3. For infants and children who cannot cooperate with the vision check, a masking test can be done to get a general idea of their binocular vision: cover one eye and let the child see with one eye, if the child cries or tears the mask, it indicates that the vision of the uncovered eye is very poor and should be seen by a doctor as soon as possible. The principle of amblyopia treatment is early detection and early treatment. Since amblyopia occurs at an early stage of visual development, the treatment effect is closely related to the age. The best treatment age for amblyopia is preschool, while the treatment effect is poor after the age of 9 and basically incurable after the age of 12. Early treatment of amblyopia in children
If the best time for treatment is missed, it can lead to lifelong visual disability. Therefore, once parents find that their children have eye problems, they must go to a regular hospital for examination as soon as possible and follow the guidance of professionals.