Lazy eyes of children

Definition of lazy eye

Any decrease in vision in one or both eyes when the eyes are healthy in terms of appearance and structure is called lazy eye. Therefore, one eye or both eyes that suffer from laziness and reduced vision, all parts of the eye such as cornea, lens, retina and optic nerve may be without defects and healthy. Laziness of the eye is specific to the age of children, and it necessarily happens only before the age of nine years, and if an eye does not find a problem in terms of laziness until the age of nine, it will not suffer from laziness after this age. Diagnosing laziness and taking treatment is very important and necessary, and it is necessary to ensure the health of children's eyes from the age of three years old regularly until the age of ten, every six months, preferably by an optometrist or an eye surgeon, so that the necessary treatment can be started if there is any defect that causes the child's eyes to be lazy. Because delay in treatment or delay in treating lazy eye in children can cause irreparable vision problems for the child after the age of 9.

Causes of lazy eye in children

Lazy eye in children can happen for many reasons, but the most important and common causes of lazy eye in children are, in order, 1: refractive errors of the eye (eye weaknesses) 2: eye deviations 3: eye diseases 4: other causes

I will describe each of the causes of lazy eye in detail below

1: Refractive defects of the eye

The most common cause of lazy eye in children is the presence of eye weaknesses in children. Eye weakness in children depends on the type of weakness and the degree of weakness and whether there is weakness in one eye or in both eyes, and also if there is weakness in two eyes, the same degree of weakness exists or the amount of weakness in the two eyes is different, it causes a wide and diverse range of eye laziness in children. Therefore, the treatment of tinnitus in children may be completely different depending on the age of the child and the type and amount of eye weakness. When the cause of a child's lazy eye is a weak eye, sometimes this weakness itself may cause a deviation in the child's eye, in which case the discussion of treatment becomes more complicated and important. Because in this case, in addition to paying attention to the treatment of lazy eye, one should also pay attention to the appearance of the child's eyes and remove the deviation of the eye, but what is certain is that the issue of lazy eye in children should be given serious attention by the child's parents because of its specialization and very, very important, and considering that lazy eye in children sometimes may not cause a special symptom in terms of appearance in the child's eyes, and the appearance of the child's eyes may seem normal, or even the child does not have any complaints about his vision. Therefore, parents, regardless of whether the child's eyes have a problem in terms of appearance or not, and whether the child has a vision complaint or not, must be visited and examined regularly every six months from the age of three, preferably by an optometrist (optometrist) or respected surgeon colleagues, so that in case of any problems in the eyes that lead to lazy eyes, appropriate action and treatment can be done. Undoubtedly, the first treatment for children who suffer from lazy eye and the cause of their lazy eye is eye weakness is to prescribe suitable glasses and more important than that is to choose and make a standard pair of glasses and regular referrals for eye examination.

2: Eye deviations

The second cause of lazy eye in children is eye deviations. Eye deviations, like eye weaknesses, have different types, and the amount and type of deviation has a direct effect on the amount of eye laziness. The greater the deviation, the earlier and more the child's eyes become lazy. Basically, eye laziness caused by eye deviations is deeper and more than the laziness caused by eye weaknesses, and the treatment of this type of eye laziness is more difficult and takes more time. In the treatment of lazy eyes in children caused by eye deviations, a good therapist should pay attention to the beauty and appearance of the child's eyes in addition to correcting the child's vision, because any treatment, if the correction of the deviation is not done well, can cause the return of lazy eyes. Sometimes, eye deviations may be accompanied by eye weaknesses, so in this case, the treatment starts by prescribing a suitable pair of glasses and finally the deviation is corrected in a suitable way. Sometimes it is possible to correct a deviation by prescribing a suitable pair of glasses and also cure the child's eye laziness. Depending on the type of deviation and its amount, in some cases, after the treatment of laziness, there may be a need to perform surgery to correct the deviation, which should be performed at the right time for the child's eyes.

3: Eye diseases

Eye diseases that are congenitally present in the eyes of babies at birth or diseases that are acquired in the eyes of children before the age of 9 can quickly cause severe laziness in the eyes of children. The most common disease that is usually congenital or acquired in the eyes of children and causes severe eye laziness in children is cataract. Congenital or acquired cataract before the age of 9 years is considered an emergency for children's eyes, and the child's eye should be operated on as soon as possible, and the treatment of lazy eye should be started quickly, and delay for any reason may cause irreparable complications for the vision of the affected child. Another disease is drooping eyelids (ptosis) which, in addition to the beauty aspect, causes lazy eyes. Of course, drooping eyelids, if they are small and do not prevent the light from entering the pupil, usually do not cause droopy eyes and may only be noticed from the point of view of beauty. There are other diseases that cause droopy eyes, but because they are not common, we refrain from explaining them.

4: Other causes

In addition to the things that cause lazy eyes in children and they were mentioned, there are other causes that cause lazy eyes in children, but fortunately they are not common and rarely happen, such as malnutrition and food poverty, which fortunately do not happen in our country. Other factors include maternal diseases during pregnancy, such as severe alcohol addiction and severe food and drug poisoning.