Our previous article was focused on how pediatricians can help diagnosed amblyopia , a common ophthalmic condition in pediatric patients. This article illustrates the differential diagnosis and management of amblyopia in pediatric patients. Amblyopia is a functional reduction in visual acuity most commonly found ophthalmological problem in the children. The primary symptoms of amblyopia may depend on the structural or functional abnormalities, according to which the condition is also classified.
The check of primary symptoms and initial diagnosis can be performed by pediatricians. But it is recommended that the differential diagnosis and management should only be carried out by an ophthalmologist qualified to treat pediatric patients. Differential Diagnosis of Amblyopia When routine treatment for Amblyopia such as atropine treatment and patching is not effective, the differential…
