Amblyopia is the most common vision issue that affects kids. Amblyopia (lazy eye) causes blurry vision in one eye when something affects how a child’s eyes are developing. As their brain ignores the weaker eye, that eye drifts out of position. It’s rare, but amblyopia can affect both eyes at the same time. It affects around 5% of children younger than 15 years. Eye care specialist will treat amblyopia by making child’s brain use their weaker eye to see.
This will repair and strengthen the connection between your child’s brain and both their eyes to correct the amblyopia. Most kids need amblyopic treatment at least for few months. Treatment can be done by eye patching, atropine therapy or by spectacle correction. This can include targeted education, awareness campaigns, and policy interventions.
As a part of UBA and community outreach program, students and faculty of “Saveetha College of Allied Health Sciences” reached kondancherry village, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu and conducted an awareness program by stating the Importance of eye screening in children to prevent amblyopia.
