Q: What does amblyopia mean? A: Amblyopia is a decrease in corrected visual acuity in one or both eyes due to abnormal visual experience (monocular strabismus, refractive error, high refractive error and form deprivation) during visual development, with no organic pathology on eye examination. Q: How can I detect amblyopia in my child at an early stage? A: Pay attention to whether your child’s eyes are too close to the book when reading and writing, whether there is a skew in one eye when looking at things, whether there is a tilted head when watching TV, looking at the blackboard, or whether there is a tendency to look at the wrong line, and whether there is a lack of concentration. If you have any of the above conditions, you should go to the pediatric ophthalmology clinic of the eye hospital for a detailed examination. Q: How to distinguish the severity of amblyopia? A: Those with corrected visual acuity ≤0.1 are considered severe amblyopia; those with corrected visual acuity of 0.2-0.5 are considered moderate amblyopia; those with corrected visual acuity of 0.6-0.8 are considered mild amblyopia. Q: What happens when amblyopia is not treated? A: Amblyopia is a visual dysfunction. If children with amblyopia are not detected and treated early, it will not only affect their future employment and work, making them unable to engage in promising careers, but also lead to lifelong low vision and failure to form stereo vision, becoming stereo blind for life, and wearing any glasses will not correct their vision. Q: Can amblyopia be treated? A: Amblyopia can be cured by timely detection, early correction and proper methods. Q: At what age is the best treatment period for amblyopia? A: The best treatment period for amblyopia is from 3-7 years old. Q: What tests should be done to detect amblyopia? A: Visual acuity examination, external eye and fundus examination, refraction examination, strabismus examination, fixation nature examination, simultaneous visual function examination; fusion function examination; stereo vision examination; eye axis measurement, specific sensitivity; VEP and ERG; visual field examination, etc. Q: Are dilated pupils harmful to my eyes? A: Dilated pupils are not harmful to the eyes. The key to amblyopia treatment is dilated eye examinations and scientific lens prescription. Q: What are the regular amblyopia treatment measures? A: Refractive correction, masking therapy, fine vision training, light flicker therapy, CAM visual stimulation, peripheral vision development training, simultaneous vision, fusion function, stereo vision training, light brush therapy, and hind image therapy. Each amblyopic child should have an individualized treatment plan developed by an ophthalmologist. Q: Can amblyopia be treated by simply wearing glasses? A: Amblyopia requires glasses, but more importantly, amblyopia training. Q: After treatment, should I stop treatment if my vision returns to normal? A: After treatment, children’s amblyopia vision is restored to normal, and treatment should be consolidated for 1-2 years. If necessary, training of binocular monocularity, fusion, and stereo vision is also required to stabilize the normal visual acuity originally achieved. Q: Will children with amblyopia lose their glasses after systematic treatment? A: Some children will lose their glasses after systematic amblyopia training, but only under the guidance of an ophthalmologist. Q: How should parents guide their children to treat amblyopia? A: (1) To fully understand that the process of amblyopia treatment is slow and vision is gradually improving, so parents should not be too hasty and should be patient and persistent. (2) Be patient and persuade your child to insist on wearing glasses. Except for bathing and sleeping, it is important to insist on wearing glasses, especially when covering the healthy eyes, and the legs of the glasses should be connected with chains to prevent them from breaking. (3) In addition to wearing glasses outside of the home, insist on going to amblyopia training treatment. (4) We insist on timely follow-up examinations, once every two weeks for 2-3 year olds, once every month for older children, and once every six months or a year for dilated pupils. Q: What should amblyopic children pay attention to in terms of diet? A: Amblyopic children’s vision is not greatly affected, as long as they pay attention to not being picky, eat more coarse grains and fresh fruits and vegetables, increase protein intake appropriately, and supplement with vitamins when necessary.