Question 1

can an adult develop a lazy eye?

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No: A lazy eye usually develops during the first three months of life. However early childhood trauma or disease affecting one or both eyes before the age range of 7 to 10 can lead to amblyopia (lazy eye).

Question 2

will there ever be a permanent fix for lazy eye in adults?

Accepted Answer

Not for a while: This is a topic for active research and involves turning on a brain circuit which was turned off in infancy.    There is little progress so far but a great deal of interest.

Question 3

how to treat a lazy eye when you're an adult?

Accepted Answer

Can't: The poor vision is permanent, but surgery can sometimes makes the eyes straighter.

Question 4

would an eye operation fix a lazy eye on an adult?

Accepted Answer

Define "lazy eye": Some use this for eyes that don't line up while for others use it for a vision loss condition called amblyopia.Poor alignment is just one factor that can cause amblyopia. Eyes can be lined up with special eye muscle surgery at different ages. Surgery might help a kid regain some vision lost in amblyopia while not  in an adult where the brain has turned off accepting input from the weaker eye.

Question 5

is it too late to fix my wandering eye or lazy eye?  i am an adult.

Accepted Answer

Never too late: A wandering eye can usually be improved with strabismus surgery (working on the muscles of the eyeball) at any age. We would not expect your vision, if poor in the wandering eye and you are an adult, to improve at all. The eyes can usually be made to align better and "look" more normal to others. In adults, sometimes an adjustible suture is used.

Question 6

is there a way to fix a  lazy eye (amblyopia) in adults ?

Accepted Answer

NO: Not that we know of.  If younger than 9 years of age, patching of the other eye may help, as well as glasses.  In an adult there has been no sucessful treatment.  Studies have shown that if you loose the good (non-amblyopic eye), the lazy eye will slowly improve (very slowly).  When it is forced to function without help from the other eye.

Question 7

if an adult has a lazy eye, is it true that their affected eye will drift outwards over time?

Accepted Answer

Often: A lazy eye in an adult will most often tend to drift outward, but it may remain straight, or turn inward, depending on the nature of the underlying disease.  There are no hard and fast rules on this one.

Question 8

hi docs, would an eye operation fix a lazy eye on an adult?

Accepted Answer

Define "lazy eye": Most use the term for vision loss from one eye but some do for an  eye that is not in alignment.  Surgery can help with an alignment problem in kids and adults. The lazy eye (amblyopia) of vision loss can be helped if caught early. This is the brain turning off an eye with confusing input. Adults with long term amblyopia have permanent loss, even if surgery can lined up the eyes correctly.

Question 9

adult with slight lazy eye. never been treated or officially diagnosed, but can visually see it and sometimes eye pain. are there any treatments?

Accepted Answer

See ophthalmologist: Yes there are still treatments. You need to get evaluated by the ophthalmologist and depending on what they see they will you your treatment options

Question 10

can a lazy eye returm after having strabismus repair surgery as an adult?

Accepted Answer

Confusing question: Proper vision requires brain input of 2 similar sharp images by well aligned eyeballs.If one eye is sharper than the other, or alignment is bad,the brain may turn off one eye to stop a blurred image.If the vision is off in one eye for an extended period(yrs), amblyopia (lazy eye) can be permanent. Alignment surgery may not hold without vision to keep it on tract.Revision may be necessary/cosmetic

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