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 Child with 'lazy eye' uses video game therapy to improve condition: Amblyopia, which may occur for a variety of reasons in infancy, causes incomplete or unclear images to be sent to the brain from one eye. As the brain is confused by different images coming from each eye, it begins to rely on those it can interpret most easily – those coming from the ‘good eye,’ while the other eye becomes ‘lazy.’ If diagnosed and treated early, before the age of 5, lazy eyes can be taught to see normally. But the later a child receives therapy, the lazier the eye gets and, therefore, the more difficult to achieve recovery. Dr. Ghosh, reporting at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology on October 23, 2011 in Orlando, Florida, shared the results of his study of amblyopia children between the ages of 10 and 18 years. The 100 participants from Dr. Ghosh’s eye clinic in India were divided into four groups, all receiving the standard lazy eyetreatment of wearing an eye patch over the stronger eye for at least two hours a day, practising exercises that encouraged use of the weaker eye. Group 1 followed only the standard treatment. Group 2 added micronutrient supplements to their treatment that are considered important to good vision. Group 3 performed one hour of video games using only their weaker eye, plus the standard treatment. And Group 4 added the supplement citicoline, which is associated with improved brain function. Here's a cool Halloween eye patch!: eye patch fromMYIpatches.com
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