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Amblyopia dan astigma

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Strabismus & AmblyopiaWilmer's Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Service specializes in the treatment of strabismus (deviated eyes)in both children and adults, amblyopia (knon as !lazy eye!), blinding retinal diseases of premature babies,congenital cataracts, blocked tear ducts, and pediatric neuroophthalmologic disorders" Special care is given toprovide a friendly atmosphere for children undergoing e#amination" $or e#ample, techni%ues using mirrors have beendeveloped to e#amine some types of eye problems ithout having to place anything close to the child's face" &hiscaring approach, and others like it, keep children and their families comfortable and rela#ed" Strabismus (crossedeyes or eyes that turn out) is a misalignment caused hen one or more of the si# muscles controlling the eyes fail toork properly" t prevents the eyes from orking together, initially causing vision impairment, double vision or faultydepth perception" Strabismus occurs in to to five percent of all children" nable to outgro it, children may losevision in one eye, hich then succumbs to amblyopia if the root cause is not treated in early childhood"

iagnosis*

&raditionally, ophthalmologists diagnosing children ith strabismus and+or amblyopia alternately block vision of eacheye, a process that annoys and distresses young patients" ut at Wilmer, ne techni%ues are being developed thatmake diagnosing these disorders as easy as atching television" -s the children atch cartoons, optical izardrypermits physicians to e#amine the eyes ithout ever placing anything close to the child's face" -nother remarkableinnovation in the diagnosis of strabismus and amblyopia at Wilmer is a ne computer.based test of depth perceptionthat can be used ith children as young as four months" sing a moving target and a video eye.tracker, a physiciancan determine ithin seconds hether the child's eyes ork together normally or hether the child shos signs ofstrabismus"

&reatment*

&reatment of strabismus usually involves glasses, eye muscle e#ercises and+or surgery" One conventional treatmentfor amblyopia has been to place an adhesive patch on the good eye . not a popular treatment ith most children ortheir parents" &he pediatric ophthalmologists at Wilmer have been in the forefront of using alternatives, such as dropsor special glasses, simply to blur the good eye temporarily, thereby strengthening the eaker eye" /hildren are muchmore receptive to such methods, so better results are achieved, ith minimal psychological trauma" &he bestoutcomes result hen people are treated early in life, but adults ith strabismus also can have their eyesstraightened" &reatment can eliminate double vision or eye strain, enlarge the field of vision or simply restore normalappearance" f surgery is necessary, our doctors can realign the eyes ith a techni%ue rarely used in young patients"sing this techni%ue, knon as ad0ustable sutures, the surgeon can fine.tune the eyes into e#act alignment severalhours after surgery is completed, much like aligning the headlights of a car" Some types of strabismus no can betreated ith a ne drug instead of surgery" &he drug temporarily eakens muscles" n0ected into the stronger of a pairof muscles, it eases the pull, alloing the eaker muscle to gain strength" When the drug ears off in about tomonths, proper muscle balance and eye alignment often are restored"

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