Amblyopia / lazy eye treatments?

[churnbabychurn]

Standard treatment is to patch one eye for 3 hrs a day for a year.

There is lots of discussion about special video games with red/green glasses that fix the problem in a couple of weeks. 

Does anyone have experience or more info on this topic?

http://www.news-medical.net/health/New-hope-for-adults-with-amblyopia.aspx

[lechatchileh ariber]

Standard treatment is to patch one eye for 3 hrs a day for a year.

There is lots of discussion about special video games with red/green glasses that fix the problem in a couple of weeks. 

Does anyone have experience or more info on this topic?

http://www.news-medical.net/health/New-hope-for-adults-with-amblyopia.aspx

My father deals with this often on children, I think there's some kind of exercises behavioral optometrists do. (I think that's the name).
I'll try to ask

[Toasted]

Standard treatment is to patch one eye for 3 hrs a day for a year.

There is lots of discussion about special video games with red/green glasses that fix the problem in a couple of weeks. 

Does anyone have experience or more info on this topic?

http://www.news-medical.net/health/New-hope-for-adults-with-amblyopia.aspx

That article is from March 2014. If its the magic pill, wouldn't people know?

[3yummyboys]

My son had it, his ophthalmologist didn't seem to think that these games really work, at least not on cases like y son who had a pretty severe case. They tried patching but it didn't work and eventually he ended up having the surgery. BH he's fine now.
My MIL also has it and she wears special prism glasses that seem to help.

[churnbabychurn]

My son had it, his ophthalmologist didn't seem to think that these games really work, at least not on cases like y son who had a pretty severe case. They tried patching but it didn't work and eventually he ended up having the surgery. BH he's fine now.
My MIL also has it and she wears special prism glasses that seem to help.

Patching wasn't effective, or patching was too much of a pain?

[jj1000]

I just want to point out the crucial difference between an

ophthalmologist

and an

optometrists

Please only use an ophthalmologist for pretty much anything past getting glasses.

[Mordyk]

First hand experience with some top doctors. Patch will most likely not help. Prism glasses helps alot more.  But many times surgery is needed

[a mirrer]

First hand experience with some top doctors. Patch will most likely not help. Prism glasses helps alot more.  But many times surgery is needed

patching worked for me bh

[dsw193]

patching worked for me bh

At what age?

[a mirrer]

At what age?

on and off from 5-12

[3yummyboys]

Patching wasn't effective, or patching was too much of a pain?

Wasn't effective

[michael]

Wasn't effective

I had a similar experience a few years ago with my 3 year old. Patching wasn't effective. We ended up doing surgery with Dr. Mills in CHOP. Went well BH.

[churnbabychurn]

I had a similar experience a few years ago with my 3 year old. Patching wasn't effective. We ended up doing surgery with Dr. Mills in CHOP. Went well BH.

How severe was the problem that ppl do surgery?

Ours is like 300 in one eye.

[michael]

How severe was the problem that ppl do surgery?

Ours is like 300 in one eye.

I don't remember the numbers. It was both eyes.