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Aproximadamente el 2% de los niños americanos tienen ambliopía y el 3-5% tienen estrabismo.
La ambliopía y el estrabismo a veces están conectados, pero no son la misma condición.
El estrabismo es el término médico para ojos cruzados, que ocurre cuando los ojos no están alineados. Uno o ambos ojos podrían estar hacia adentro, afuera, abajo o arriba, y ambos ojos no están enfocados hacia el mismo objetivo. Es común que esto ocurra cuando una persona es muy miope o tiene mal control del músculo ocular. El ojo vago podría ser un fenómeno constante o puede manifestarse cuando la persona está cansada, enferma o ha hecho mucho mirando muy de cerca, como leer. Si se deja sin tratar, el estrabismo podría empeorar.
Es importante tener en cuenta que mientras el estrabismo puede ser notable en estrabismo de gran ángulo, podría fácilmente perderse si es intermitente, alternando o un estrabismo de pequeño ángulo.
Hay distintas opciones de tratamiento, dependiendo en la causa y en la diagnosis. A veces uno o más métodos son usados para el mismo paciente:
Seguido estos métodos de tratamiento serán suficientes, pero hay casos donde la cirugía de músculo ocular será recomendable. Es aconsejable primero probar técnicas de tratamiento no-invasivo antes de decidir si operar.
Ojo perezoso, conocido médicamente como ambliopía, es la causa principal de pérdida de visión de un ojo en niños. La ambliopía es una condición que ocurre cuando los ojos no están trabajando juntos correctamente como equipo junto con el cerebro. Cada ojo recibe su propia imagen que no está coordinado con el otro. Así que para hacer frente, el cerebro apaga la comunicación con un ojo, apodado el “ojo perezoso” al suprimir. La visión clara es lograda por el otro ojo más fuerte, ya que el ojo perezoso no puede alcanzar la visión 20/20, aún con corrección óptica.
Algunos niños son más propensos a desarrollar un ojo perezoso. Los factores de riesgo incluyen:
Estudios científicos han comprobado que solo el parchar el ojo ya no es un método recomendable para tratar un ojo perezoso.
Los siguientes métodos de tratamiento son generalmente ofrecidos, a veces solo un método será suficiente, mientras que otros casos requieren una combinación de distintos métodos de tratamiento:
La ambliopía y el estrabismo a veces están conectados, pero no son la misma condición.
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