Extended Daily Eye Patching Effective at Treating Stubborn Amblyopia in Children, Duke University School of Medicine Study

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The standard treatment for amblyopia, a condition of poor vision in an otherwise healthy eye, is patching: covering a child’s better-seeing eye with a patch for two hours a day to improve vision in the weaker eye. Doctors often suggest increasing the daily duration of patching if children stop making progress, even though there have been limited data showing this approach actually works.

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