What is lazy eye (amblyopia)?

Amblyopia, also called 'lazy eye', is functional reduction in visual acuity of an eye caused by disuse during visual development at an early age. This is specifically due to the underdevelopment of the nerve pathway from the eye to the brain.

How do members experience lazy eye (amblyopia)?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with lazy eye (amblyopia)*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for lazy eye (amblyopia)*

Who has lazy eye (amblyopia) on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 15
30s 16
40s 17
50s 11
60s 13
70+ 3

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 23
Female 49

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What is lazy eye (amblyopia)?

Amblyopia, also called 'lazy eye', is functional reduction in visual acuity of an eye caused by disuse during visual development at an early age. This is specifically due to the underdevelopment of the nerve pathway from the eye to the brain.



Common symptoms reported by people with lazy eye (amblyopia)

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for lazy eye (amblyopia)

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Compare treatments taken by people with lazy eye (amblyopia)

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Who has lazy eye (amblyopia) on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 26 say lazy eye (amblyopia) is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 15
30s 16
40s 17
50s 11
60s 13
70+ 3
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 25
20-29 years 0
30-39 years 0
40-49 years 0
50-59 years 2
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 23
Female 49

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 39
Not Diagnosed 1

These charts show data from lazy eye (amblyopia) patients who have completed their condition history
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