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Title: 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.
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