MY doctor told me that my 3 year old has weak eye muscle in her left eye, whats the correct term for that?

Question

SHe failed the test were they cover one eye and her left eye is slower than the other=(

The told me something about sometimes correcting it with an eye patch=( What would be the correct term for that condition?

Answer 1

I had that when I was young. I thought everyone got dizzy when they where tired, but when you are young you don't know any bitter. The doctor had me do eye exercises daily. This consisted of focusing on the end of a pencil and tracking it back and forth 15 min three times a day. It made the weak muscle get stronger and after a month I didn't have to do it anymore. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

I think it is something like Blepharoptosis or amblyopia.  Hope that helped a little.

Answer 3

I think you are talking about a "Lazy Eye."

  My niece had a lazy eye, she used a eye patch for awhile but it didn't help, she ended up having surgery on that eye and now you can't tell she ever had a problem. She does still need glasses/contacts tho.

Answer 4

Strabismus is a disorder that causes one eye to be misaligned with the other when focusing.

Strabismus is a disorder that causes one eye to be misaligned with the other when focusing.

Initially, strategies to strengthen the weakened muscles and thereby realign the eyes are attempted. Glasses may be prescribed. Eye muscle exercises may be prescribed.

If amblyopia is present, patching of the preferred eye may be done to force the child to use the amblyopic eye. Surgery may be required to realign the eye muscles if strengthening techniques are unsuccessful

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...

Amblyopia, otherwise known as lazy eye, is a disorder of the visual system that is characterized by poor or indistinct vision in an eye that is otherwise physically normal, or out of proportion to associated structural abnormalities. It has been estimated to affect 1–5% of the population.

The problem is caused by either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain for a sustained period of dysfunction or during early childhood.