What to do about amblyopia?

Questions about auxiliary treatment of amblyopia

1. Have patience, perseverance, and confidence, and do not act too hastily. The treatment process of amblyopia is slow, and the improvement of visual acuity is also gradual. The treatment period ranges from 1 to 2 years to 7 to 8 years. Some parents are impatient and want to correct their amblyopia within a few months. Sometimes some parents become impatient when they see no results in a short period of time, relax their guidance and guidance for their children, and let it go, which delays their children's treatment. This is mainly due to the lack of understanding that visual function development is a slow process.

2. Patiently persuade your children to wear glasses. You must wear glasses except when bathing or sleeping, especially when covering healthy eyes. Guide children to wear glasses when looking at nearby objects, especially when doing fine movements such as drawing, writing, and doing manual work. When children start wearing glasses, they may not be used to it and may be afraid of being laughed at by children and may find it ugly. This requires patient reasoning, more guidance, more praise, more encouragement, and not random reprimands. You can also take your children to choose a pair of satisfactory frames. The temples should be connected with elastic bands to prevent the glasses from slipping and breaking. You should persuade your children not to play around as much as possible and pay attention to protecting their glasses.

3. Children with moderate or severe amblyopia, in addition to wearing glasses, must also insist on going to the hospital for amblyopia functional training treatment. At this time, parents should encourage their children to persevere and persist for 2 to 6 months. Go to the hospital for a check-up, which includes vision, fundus, mydriasis and refraction, and timely adjustment of glasses prescription and eye tracking treatment.

4. Advise children to develop good eating habits and not be picky or picky about their food. Especially before three meals, you should eat less sweets and snacks to avoid anorexia and malnutrition. Guide children to eat more coarse grains, such as polenta, millet, oatmeal, etc., eat less refined grains, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, appropriately increase protein intake, and limit the intake of polysaccharides to promote retinal development. and optic nerve development.

5. Improve home cooking skills, avoid eating overcooked protein foods, and supplement some vitamins (such as B_1, B_2, B_(12), C, cod liver oil, etc.) if necessary according to dietary conditions. , and minerals (such as zinc, iron, chromium, calcium, etc.), you can also insist on drinking milk, eating some seafood, etc. to meet the child's body's needs for trace elements and minerals.

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