Whats Amblyopia

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Whats Amblyopia?

• Sometimes called lazy eye characterized by
• Reduced visual acuity in an otherwise normal eye.
• Onset early in life (typically before age 6)
• Associated with a history of abnormal binocular
  visual experience.

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Associated (causative) Conditions

• Amblyopia is generally accompanied by
• strabismus,
• anisometropia
• form deprivation.

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Strabismus refers to an eye-turn.
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esotropia
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Anisometropic Amblyopia
e.g., one eye in focus (emmetropic) and the other
out of focus (e.g. hyperopic)
Amblyopia usually seen with hyperopic
anisometropia
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Monocular Form Deprivatione.g., cataract.
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Typically, amblyopia is defined as reduced visual
acuity in an otherwise normal eye.