How to treat amblyopia at home

  1. Insist on wearing glasses for treatment every day 2. Use the Zenith Energy – Brain Imaging Network for treatment twice a day.  For children with myopia refraction, control each training for 10 minutes or less, and can train several times.  For children with farsightedness, the training time can be extended by 5-15 minutes per session.  3, according to the visual acuity of the situation alternately cover both eyes, for example: (1) both eyes have the same visual acuity, both eyes are alternately covered: three days for the right eye, three days for the left eye, Sunday both eyes remove the cover for one day, also can both eyes at the same time amblyopia treatment, no cover. Bai Jingwei, Ophthalmology Department, Songwon Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital (2) Two lines of difference in visual acuity between the eyes: four days for the right eye, two days for the left eye, and one day for both eyes on Sunday.  (3) Four rows of vision difference between both eyes, five days for the right eye and one day for the left eye, one day of removal of masking on Sunday (4) Low vision in one eye, normal vision in the other eye, total masking in the right eye, one day of removal of masking in both eyes on Sunday.  The above masking is only a principle, the doctor should be specific according to the patient’s situation.  4. The masking must be strict to prevent the child from peeking and failing to achieve the treatment purpose.  5. For children with apparent strabismus, since the simultaneous opening of both eyes will cause new inhibition and interference in the strabismic eye, children with apparent strabismus do not need to open both eyes at the same time on Sunday, but only continue to cover both eyes alternately according to the ratio. For children with moderate internal strabismus and intermittent exotropia, because there are times when both eyes are orthotropic, the masking should take into account the development of visual function in both eyes and should open both eyes together one to two days a week.  6. Homework: (1) Younger children should string beads and put on buttons, 100-200 per day/one eye.  (2) Older children should be trained to thread needles, 200-300 per day/one eye.  (3) You can also assist in playing checkers, tracing pictures, wearing the game version of ABC of vision, vision insert board and other fun amblyopia training.  (4) Severe amblyopia and older children should wear 400-600 pins per day/each eye.  (7) Homework children can also be assisted with multimedia amblyopia CD training treatment.  8.Every six months, the doctor will decide whether to adjust the prescription of glasses according to the change of the child’s glasses.