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Amblyopia is the medical term for poor development of vision in one eye. The word comes from the Greek. [ambly- (dull) + -opia (vision)] Amblyopia is often referred to as "lazy eye." It affects just two to three percent of the population.


Central vision does not develop properly, usually in one eye, which is called amblyopic.

The eye is anatomically normal, but visual acuity is reduced even with glasses. Amblyopia develops sometime between birth and 8 or 9 years of age, the critical period of time when the visual system develops and matures. Amblyopia causes more visual loss in the age group under 40 than all the injuries and diseases combined.
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Posted by: Sandhina Posted on: 10/29/2009
amblyopia is not a disease, and if you have that problem, you have to go and see an optometrist for some visual therapy coz unfortunately at your age its very hard to reverse it
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Posted by: m.omer Posted on: 8/8/2009
please help me i have this disease so what can i do plz tell me the treatment?
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Posted by: momstar Posted on: 6/25/2009
Parents should check out this cool quiz on signs of vision problems in kids -
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Posted by: Yolanda Posted on: 4/21/2009
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF AMBLYOPIA IS RELATED TO BABIES BEING BORN POSITIVE WITH STREP B?
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Posted by: Kelly H Posted on: 6/5/2008
That was a really good article on Amblyopia. It's important for parents to understand what their child is seeing when they have Amblyopia. Kelly H.
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