Amblyopia, also called lazy eye, is a disorder of sight in which the brain fails to fully process input from one eye and over time favors the other eye...
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nutritional factors. Tobacco amblyopia is a form of toxic amblyopia caused by tobacco containing cyanide. Tobacco amblyopia is marked by a gradual impairment...
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to the condition amblyopia. If severe enough and left untreated, the drooping eyelid can cause other conditions, such as amblyopia or astigmatism, so...
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constantly. If present during a large part of childhood, it may result in amblyopia, or lazy eyes, and loss of depth perception. If onset is during adulthood...
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sometimes erroneously called "lazy eye", which describes the condition of amblyopia; a reduction in vision of one or both eyes that is not the result of any...
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years of life, while the visual cortex is developing, it can result in amblyopia, a condition where, even when correcting the refractive error properly...
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Eye drops are also available which are used to treat uveitis and early amblyopia. The intravenous solution usually begins working within a minute and lasts...
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may also experience accommodative dysfunction, binocular dysfunction, amblyopia, and strabismus. Newborns are almost invariably hypermetropic, but it...
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the diagnosis and non-surgical management of strabismus (cross-eyed), amblyopia (lazy eye) and eye movement disorders. The word orthoptics comes from...
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National Eye Institute (section Amblyopia (lazy eye))
retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataract, myopia and amblyopia. NEI also funds research on many other causes of vision loss including...
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childhood, amblyopia is currently incurable in adulthood because surgical treatment effectiveness changes as a child matures. Consequently, amblyopia is the...
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have the wrong prescription. Often, children who are suspected of having amblyopia are too young to be able to verbally recognize letters on the Snellen...
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as "weak" or "strong"; highly profound cases are sometimes caused by amblyopia or strabismus. In those with anisometropic myopia (different amounts of...
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dictionary. Lazy eye refers to several specific ophthalmic disorders: Amblyopia, a disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly...
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stereoacuity may be improved in persons with amblyopia by means of perceptual learning (see also: treatment of amblyopia). Stereopsis has been found in many vertebrates...
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life. If it occurs in early life and is left untreated, it may result in amblyopia. The cause of astigmatism is unclear, although it is believed to be partly...
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It is generally thought that amblyopia is a permanent condition, but NPR reports a case where a patient with amblyopia regains stereo vision (Susan R...
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Academy of Dramatic Arts in the 1970s. Thomas has an eye condition called amblyopia. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. "Ernest Lee Thomas...
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that affecting vision will cause amblyopia. That type of amblyopia is known as form-deprivation amblyopia (or amblyopia ex anopsia). Secondary changes may...
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prisoners of war in Rangoon and Singapore who suffered from nutritional amblyopia while Japanese prisoners of war. Many of the prisoners had worked on the...
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improving binocular vision in patients with anisometropic or strabismic amblyopia. In these methods, data has been presented within a virtual reality environment...
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area of partial alteration in the visual field). Suppression can lead to amblyopia. Nobel-prize winner David H. Hubel described suppression in simple terms...
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eyes that affects 2-4% of the population; it is often associated with amblyopia. The inward turning gaze commonly referred to as "crossed-eyes" is an...
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cigarettes to be "one of the biggest challenges of [her] life." She has amblyopia. In May 2022, Doja Cat opened up about her nicotine addiction on Twitter...
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vertical miscoordination between the two eyes may lead to Strabismic amblyopia, (due to deprivation / suppression of the deviating eye) cosmetic defect...
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excessive sweating. It can even affect the eyes, causing scotoma and amblyopia. The condition occurs more frequently in women, and usually manifests...
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Hofeldt, Gregory T.; Simon, John W. (2002-10-01). "Polycoria, miosis, and amblyopia". Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus...
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with a number of vision defects, such as photophobia, nystagmus, and amblyopia. Lack of skin pigmentation makes for more susceptibility to sunburn and...
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Amblyopia Leber's congenital amaurosis Diplopia Scotoma Color blindness Achromatopsia Dichromacy Monochromacy Nyctalopia Oguchi disease Blindness / Vision...
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