What Is Patching Treatment? Dr. Rupa, pediatric ophthalmologist, explains

Why do kids need to wear a patch? Is a lazy eye the same thing as when an eye crosses in or out? And, what eye exercises can help improve the vision? Board certified, ophthalmologist, Dr. Rupa Wong, answers these questions about amblyopia, the different types and the oldest age you can use patching treatment to improve the vision for "lazy eye".

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[mha_kny]

Not me over here switching which eye I use so much that I can barely recognize which one is lazy anymore 💀

[olimpiadeprosperis]

Thank's for this great video. I'm an Italian orthoptist and I treat lazy eye too. Good Job!

[stephkuan]

I'm glad I found this video, was asked to wear an eye patch when I was little, I didn't do it because it was hard and I didn't understand the purpose of wearing an eye patch. I'm now 36, just did a surgery on eyelid ptosis thought that'll help but no quite, so after watching this video I'm putting the patch on

[juliamukhada]

So can I still use the patch method if I am 18 years old?
And what about the pencil exercise?

[LetsTri-f]

Super thank you!! Both of my daughters have lazy eye. Wearing eye patch for 30 min/day. My other daughter is wearing now eyeglasses

[tracyvara]

Oh my goodness I’m so grateful for this video! This is the first time I even google lazy eye on children hoping that there was a cure. my daughter is 5 rn and for 2 years I’ve been worried about her vision because she has a slightly lazy or wandering eye. I might be the only one who notices but Ive taken pictures and it’s pretty visible and I worried for her vision, but the eye tests have been great so I thought it was just me and I never took her to ophthalmologist . But this video is unbelievably informative and now I’m taking her anyway and will be doing the eye patch, I didn’t even know it was possible to correct it or that theres surgery for it thank you so much for making it so easy to get informed. I’m one happy mom ❤

[christineclark]

Lovely video. Thank you! For my granddaughter. 8 yrs old.

[A.K.]

This was informative. Could you also make a video about ‘lazy eye’ being caused by eyelid droop(ptosis?) in adults? I’m an adult but my doctor still suggested eye-patch as a bare minimum since the numbers between both eyes have always been way off. I wonder if it’s going to help much…at the very least it might provide temporary relief to the other eye I guess.

[otiebrown]

Always an excellent review of this difficult problem.

[stuarthakoun]

I am 70 and had left eye amblyopia since childhood. Strabysmus surgery helped for only a few years. Can a patch help? How long will it take to work?

[RobAgrees]

Dr. Rupa, I appreciate you making this video but some of the information is incorrect. In particular, the "critical period" is no longer medically accepted dogma, though there is, of course, a period of time of maximal neurogenesis, but it continues on still throughout adulthood and can be restimulated via dopaminergic agents. Additionally, patching has been shown to be effective in adults, even those with severe amblyopia (Khan 2015 "Is There a Critical Period for Amblyopia Therapy? Results of a Study on Older Anisometropic Amblyopes") Thanks

[miared]

New subscriber here! I found your channel and have been watching and learning so much from your videos!
Would you be able to do a video on ptosis?
I had a frontalis sling procedure due to my congenital ptosis and would love to know more information about it. Thank you Dr. Rupa Wong! :)

[LouisianaNative]

It is difficult, I am 40 Years old and recently started getting a bit of a lazy eye, and the cause of that is when I read I often find my self closing my left eye. I had to start forcing my self to use my left eye a lot more, I see fine out of it, however, things are a little further away, but just a little. so I think it is from years of reading at night and closing my left eye that caused it. I am trying the patch as well as eye exercises to see if that helps. and I have noticed some improvment.

[virajyadugani]

How long should we patch daily and for how many weeks I have to follow this procedure.

[kurosaki-ichigo]

Why can I control my squint???
Like I know when I am squinting, but I can easily force the squinting eye to not it causes blurryness and headache 🥲🥲🥲

Is there any way to get it fixed, . am scared thinking about surgery 🫠🫠🫠

[মুনমুন-জ২র]

am 17 . I used to use eye patch. For almost 2 years when I sit down to study or try to concentrate on a task then the eye ball of my eye that i see less move completely to one corner and my vision become blurry . I remember last year in board exam I was writing without seeing anything with teary eye. No one understands my condition.may be I can't explain it properly to them. What should I do ?. I can't even study properly . Even now I am typing it almost without seeing

[fairwind]

I had to wear a patch as a child from ages 2-6 years of age but back then it was the ones that went over your head.

[trcline]

Thank you Dr. Rupa, for the informative video! I wore a patch when I was a kid. I have a question. Can you do a video on the effects of retinopathy of prematurity in adults? I asked my optometrist (who's attached to the opthalmology department at a major medical school) and he said that that's a question for a pediatric ophthalmologist. Given that you see both kids and adults, can you provide some insight? I'm having issues that he wasn't really able to explain, and I'm wondering if my prior ROP history could have anything to do with it.

[hadishomamjou]

hi, I have an 18 months old little son who has been diagnosed with amblyopia and strabism when he was 7 months old. And it has been nearly 11 months since we put a patch on his eye for 2 hours every day and we take him to park on his carriage to make it easy for him to have a patch. I have been wondering recently that when he sits and watch tv it works better for him than taking him to park, because he concentrates more and tries to use the lazy eye while having patch on the other eye. i would like to know is it really helpful for him to watch tv while having a patch?

[india-lkmj]

Mam my right eye is 6/9 and my age is 16 years can i correct it