Parents become nurses in seconds as their children are treated for amblyopia!

Amblyopia is a visual dysfunction, and its harm is far greater than myopia, which not only brings inconvenience to children’s study and life, but also affects children’s further education, future employment and work, and seriously can lead to lifelong low vision, low self-esteem, and affects children’s mental health. If your child is diagnosed with amblyopia, parents should cooperate with ophthalmologists and optometrists and do the following: 1. Insist on wearing corrective glasses without interruption. 2. 2.If the amblyopia patient is treated with masking therapy, don’t take off the eye mask too early when the vision is not back to normal, and it is better to wait for the vision to stabilize and follow the doctor’s instruction to reduce the time of masking. 3. Go to the hospital regularly to check whether the vision is stable and to determine the duration of masking, usually once every 2-3 months. Before the age of 12, even if the disease is cured, there is still a possibility of recurrence, so you have to insist on the follow-up examination. 4. Adhere to visual training. Even after the vision is stabilized, it is better not to give up the training, you can adjust the training method and training time under the guidance of doctors and optometrists. Doctor’s tip: Parents should enhance their awareness and actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment to help their children regain normal vision.