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KMID : 1150720200090040020
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Integrative Medicine Research
2020 Volume.9 No. 4 p.20 ~ p.20
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Acupuncture for pediatric bilateral amblyopia
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Kim Bong-Hyun
Kim Min-Hee
Kim Joong-Ho
Park So-Young
Choi In-Hwa
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Abstract
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Amblyopia is defined as a reduction in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of one or both eyes caused by conditions that affect abnormal visual development. It can be classified as strabismus, refractive, visual deprivation, and occlusion. Refractive amblyopia can be further classified into unilateral (anisometropic) or bilateral (isoametropic) amblyopia. Bilateral amblyopia can develop in children with a large degree of refractive error and/or astigmatism in both eyes, and the severity of the refractive error is reported to be directly related to amblyopia from the effect of blurred retinal images. According to an earlier study, spectacle correction for one year improved the bilateral refractive amblyopia in 74% of children (3?10 years).1 Patching or atropine had to be performed in the sensitive period in patients who did not respond to spectacle correction, however, there is a controversy regarding its effectiveness, especially in children aged more than 7 years.2
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KEYWORD
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Amblyopia, Acupuncture, Bilateral amblyopia, Visual acuity
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