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First, let's be clear about the definition of "lazy eye". Many people who are untrained in the eyecare professions use this term loosely without really knowing what it is they are talking about. (They do this with "pink eye" also and this is my pet peeve, an issue for another day) They mistakenly think that a droopy eyelid (ptosis) is "lazy eye". Yet other people mistakenly think that an imbalance in the extraocular muscles resulting in the eye turning out (exotropia) or in (esotropia) is "lazy eye". The correct medical term for "lazy eye" is Amblyopia! This is defined as a decrease in vision - sometimes very mild and sometimes severe - resulting from one eye not being used. Why would one eye not be used? Good question! Two main reasons: 1. the eye is misaligned, esotropia, exotropia, vertical tropia, or 2. the two eyes have a large difference in their refractive error, one eye may be +4.00 diopters farsighted and the other eye may only be +1.00 diopters farsighted. If this child is not getting proper eyecare and forced to wear eyeglasses, the +4.00 eye will almost certainly become Amblyopic.
Remember, the brain has to accept the images from 2 different eyes and then fuse those together to allow us to see only one image. But what if the right eye is straight and the left eye is turned in 10 degrees? The brain receives 2 different images that are completely different and it cannot fuse them together. So it's natural response to double vision is to turn off or suppress the image coming from the eye which is turned in. Suppression is also occurring in the +4.00 diopter eye in the example above. The brain has a hard time fusing the images together from the +1.00 eye and +4.00 eye (which is blurry) so it just suppresses the +4.00 eye. Now you understand that suppression causes amblyopia or "lazy eye".
Back to the question: is lazy eye genetic? Amblyopia does tend to run in families so there is obviously some genetic component. However, it certainly is not the only determining factor. I see many patients with amblyopia who have no family history. So there are environmental factors also.
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What is the more common name for amblyopia?
Lazy eye
Is eye crossing a genetic trait?
no
Can people with a lazy eye wear contacts?
Yes
Can you fix a lazy eye?
Amblyopia, otherwise known as lazy eye, is adisorder 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. Amblyopia normally only affects one eye, but it is possible to be amblyopic in both eyes if both are similarly deprived of a good, clear visual image. Detecting the condition in early childhood increases the chance of successful treatment. While the colloquialism "lazy eye" is frequently used to refer to amblyopia, the term is inaccurate because there is no "laziness" of either the eye or the amblyope involved in the condition. This term is imprecise because "lazy eye" is also a layman's term forstrabismus, particularly exotropia.
What do people with a lazy eye see?
people with lazy eyes see just as normal as people without lazy eyes but they see it with only one of their eyes trust me take it from some one who knows and has experienced it (me) kyR!n<3:) go mustangz
Can you fix a dogs lazy eye?
A dogs lazy eye can be fixed by putting a patch over the strong eye. this will force to dog to use its weak lazy eye and will make it stronger and hopefully straighten its eye.
Who sings lazy eye music in Chevy commercial?
Lazy Eye is sung by the Silversun Pickups.
What are the release dates for Eye for an Eye - 2003 Lazy Mechanic?
Eye for an Eye - 2003 Lazy Mechanic was released on: USA: 21 November 2005
What is lazy eye?
A lazy eye is when it turns out or in when the other one is still looking forward. It can sometimes be corrected at an early age by patching the good eye so the muscle in the lazy eye becomes stronger. Our son had to have his surgically straightened. Just because the eye is lazy doesn't always mean the vision is compromised.
What does lazy eye do?
The impairment of vision in the lazy eye occurs in three phases. In the first (suspension) phase, the brain turns the weaker eye on and off. In the second (suppression) phase, the brain turns off the lazy eye indefinitely.
Does robin tunney have a glass eye?
No she has a lazy eye
Can you get a lazy eye fixed?
Before adulthood, a simple surgery can get a lazy eye fixed. In cases where a lazy eye is caused by the difference in the refractive error between both eyes, a lazy eye can be targeted with a surgery in adulthood as well. But in other forms of adult lazy eye, surgery isn't as helpful. Instead, a novel vision therapy, which is FDA approved and proposed by Revitalvision, can help fix a lazy eye within 30 training sessions using a computer program.
What are treaments for lazy eye?
There are a number of What are treatments for lazy eye. The common methods includes encouraging the use of the eye and diagnosing any underlying eye problems among others.
Does everybody have a lazy eye?
No, Amblyopia (commonly known as "lazy eye") affects only an estimated 1-5% of people.
What happen to heavy d eye?
I'm told he had a lazy eye, but it often looked shut when seeing him on tv.
Where can one receive a lazy eye surgery?
You can receive lazy eye surgery from an ophthalmologist ( an eye doctor ). Before surgery, consider using glasses, patches or eye drops, if possible.
Can a dog get lazy eye?
Yes it can
