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GlassesAnother important aspect of therapy for amblyopia is the correction of the initial cause of the amblyopia. For example, if the child is anisometropic - has a difference in refraction between the two eyes, then the child must be placed in corrective glasses. Sometimes the glasses alone will cure the amblyopia. If the child has a cataract, the cataract must be removed by surgery and a corrective lens or contact given. If the child is crossed-eyed (esotropic), then once the amblyopia is cured the child may need eye muscle surgery, glasses with polycarbonate lenses, or orthoptic (eye muscle) therapy to correct the eye misalignment. An important aspect of anisometropic amblyopia is that even an older child with amblyopia may have an improvement of vision when he or she wears corrective lenses, even if the child is older than nine years of age. |