What treatments are available for pediatric amblyopia?

  Patient: Four-and-a-half-year-old child with farsightedness + amblyopia, 600 degrees in one eye, and now has an orthoptic vision of 0.72, but the other eye has 800 degrees of farsightedness, and after six months of masking, it is still 0.2-0.3 vision, but the masked eye has risen from 0.5 to 0.72, we are three days to mask and release one day, I would like to ask, in addition to glasses, masking, usually also give the child training on the computer, there is no other good way Is there any other good method? How much does the average farsightedness drop in half a year? Is it possible to wear glasses for life?  Doctor’s Answer: There are many ways to treat amblyopia, but for patients with a large difference in vision between the two eyes, masking therapy is the simplest and most effective method. Due to the individual differences of each person, some people will have better results, and some people will have worse results, but as long as you adhere to the masking and computer amblyopia training, I believe there will be results. The age of four and a half is still the best age for amblyopia treatment, but the exact number of years it takes to get better varies from person to person, and the degree of farsightedness decline also varies from person to person, so you should insist on a follow-up visit every six months. Only when amblyopia has been cured in both eyes and the farsightedness has decreased to less than 300 degrees, can you stop wearing glasses.