What is it?
A reduction in vision caused by a squint which occurs in three per cent of children. Squints lead to double vision, the child's brain learns to suppress the image coming from one eye, causing that eye to become amblyopic or 'lazy'.
Treatment:
This involves covering the 'good eye' with a patch which forces the child (and the brain) to use the lazy eye. The earlier the treatment, the greater chance of regaining normal vision.
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