The danger of astigmatism is not well known

The disease caused Van Hugo's eyes to completely fail to turn out to be extremely popular.

Van Hugo said, I had two diseases, one caused my voice to fade away, and the other left one of her eyes "completely broken".

In particular, the disease affecting her eyes has a rather strange name: "amblyopia". Many people when asked not even heard of this name ever. So in the end, what is this disease?

Amblyopia is a common disease and is equally dangerous

Simply understood, we can see that it is because the eyes receive information based on eyeballs, coordinate with the brain to process those information and produce images. However, for some reason, your eyes and brain are not coordinated well, making one-eyed image blurry. That's amblyopia (amblyopia).

Only one eye is prioritized.

Even wearing glasses does not help the patient see better, because the brain is now giving priority to the other eye. That is, if you wear glasses, your eyesight cannot reach 10/10 as normal people. Therefore, this disease is also called lazy eye.

But why say this disease is dangerous? The first is because it can happen to anyone, from adults to children . According to statistics from WHO, amblyopia is the most common eye disorder in children, with a rate of 2 - 3 children with more than 100.

More importantly, if not treated right away from the baby (between the ages of 7 and 10), amblyopia will persist permanently because of the habits of the brain , causing one eye to have no chance of recovery. At least until now, it is like that, because medicine has not found an antidepressant treatment for adults.

Causes and solutions for amblyopia

There are three main causes of amblyopia , of which the most common cause is misalignment , also known as strabismus . When the eyes cannot look in the same direction, the brain will now adapt by "turning off" the image on one side completely, to prevent you from seeing two images at once.

The patient will only use the eye better. And if this happens, even for a few weeks, the eyes will form a habit and cause amblyopia.

Strabismus is one of the main causes of amblyopia.

One of the common causes is refractive error - nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism - but deviated to one side. As mentioned above, a better eye view will have an impact on the brain, making the brain prioritize images from the eye, and gradually develop amblyopia.

However, amblyopia due to refractive errors can be minimized if the patient wears glasses early . When not wearing glasses, the brain will form a reflex that prioritizes good eyes.

But if wearing glasses, the eyes now have the same vision, amblyopia will not happen. In addition, eye patches can be used, better covering the eyes to stimulate eyesight from the other eye.

Can use eye patch, cover the eyes better to stimulate eyesight from the other eye.

Finally, the eyes may be visually impaired, not visible. All diseases that prevent eyes from being able to receive clear visual information are easy to cause amblyopia in children.

For example, cataract - if left untreated, children who still have surgery still cause amblyopia, which leads to decreased vision.

With cataract - if left untreated, children who still have surgery still cause amblyopia.

In general, though for any reason, amblyopia still needs to be examined and treated early in childhood. For amblyopia due to strabismus, the optimal time to treat the disease is 6-9 years, if due to refractive error is 12 years old.

Eye damage during early childhood also requires early treatment, avoiding the formation of amblyopia, which is very difficult to cure.