Reasons for amblyopia treatment failure and corresponding countermeasures

  Amblyopia is a visual developmental disorder that is extremely harmful to children. The reasons for the failure of amblyopia treatment are broadly divided into the following types: 1. Insufficient awareness: many parents think that it does not affect the appearance and tend to take it lightly and do not know enough about the seriousness of amblyopia, thinking that people’s eyesight will grow with it, often with the idea that it will be better when they grow up. Corresponding countermeasures: Do a good job of health education of amblyopia, especially for the first consultation of amblyopia patients should be more patient to explain the causes and hazards of amblyopia and the close relationship between amblyopia treatment and age, so that parents raise awareness and draw attention to the child.  2, the former work abandoned type: usually amblyopic children in the treatment of early vision improvement is more obvious, parents are also more satisfied, but in the later stages of vision growth will often appear a plateau, and stagnation, parents adhere to a period of time will lose patience and confidence and give up on treatment, so that the treatment halfway abandoned. Corresponding countermeasures: Tell parents that this is a necessary path to cure amblyopia, and after this period, vision will further improve. Encourage parents to have confidence to face the treatment.  3, back to the starting point type: when the amblyopia treatment plateau period or vision recovery to 1, 0, not consolidate that is to give up treatment, glasses and eye glasses are also brought and taken off, resulting in vision loss, and when the child learning and life inconvenience, parents suddenly wake up, and give the child treatment again, which is equal to start from scratch, not only wasted money and energy, but more importantly, missed the child’s best treatment period, thus making the growth of vision more difficult. This makes it more difficult for the child to grow in vision.  4, older children with amblyopia easily give up treatment type: the influence of the old concept, the amblyopic children after 12 years old often have the attitude of hopeless treatment and easily give up. However, with the development of science and technology and the continuous updating of treatment equipment, the cure rate of children over 12 years old is also increasing. Therefore, parents of older amblyopic children should explain the significance of their rescue treatment, obtain their support and cooperation, and try to save the future of one more child.  In addition, the perfunctory treatment of amblyopic children is a stumbling block to the success of treatment, i.e., wearing glasses and eye glasses is for doctors and parents, wearing them in front and taking them off behind, and machine training is not serious and not insisted. Therefore, in the amblyopia treatment, we should do our best to get the child’s cooperation and reduce future regrets. Since failure of amblyopia treatment will affect the child’s life, it is the important duty of every ophthalmologist and parent to strive for the successful treatment of each child.