How to treat amblyopia in children

The treatments for amblyopia in children include elimination of the cause of the disease, masking treatment, optical drug therapy, other treatments, and comprehensive therapy. 1. Elimination of causes: such as early treatment of congenital cataract or congenital complete ptosis. 2. Covering treatment: mainly covering the dominant eye and forcing the amblyopic eye to use. It is mainly applied to monocular amblyopia. 3. Optical drug therapy: It mainly involves the use of atropine drops to artificially cause the child to see far in one eye and near in the other, and it is mainly used for children with moderate or low amblyopia in one eye and those who do not comply well with the masking treatment. The medication should be used according to the doctor’s prescription. 4. Other treatments: Posterior image therapy, red filter method and other treatments are mainly applicable to those with paracentric gaze, and visual stimulation therapy is mainly applicable to centro-concave gaze and refractive error amblyopia. 5. Comprehensive treatment: The above mentioned treatments can be used in combination. Specific treatments need to consult a doctor in time, according to the doctor’s advice.