What is it like to see with amblyopia?
Disease description:
I am a patient with amblyopia. My vision is always very blurry, especially when looking at distant objects, and it's difficult for me to distinguish fine details. Additionally, colors seem less vivid to me. I really want to know, will amblyopia remain like this forever?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Wang Shuai
Patients with amblyopia typically exhibit the following characteristics when viewing objects:
1. Blurred vision: The most noticeable symptom is blurred vision, where the patient cannot see objects clearly even at a close distance. This differs from myopia or hyperopia, which can often be improved with corrective lenses.
2. Difficulty with discrimination: Some patients may experience crowding phenomena, where their ability to distinguish optotypes arranged in lines is significantly reduced, while their ability to identify isolated single optotypes is relatively better.
3. Abnormal color vision: Some amblyopic patients may experience impaired color vision, with reduced or absent ability to distinguish colors.
4. Strabismus: Due to differences in visual acuity between the two eyes, patients may develop strabismus, particularly constant monocular esotropia or exotropia.
5. Light sensitivity: Some amblyopic patients may be particularly sensitive to light, with more pronounced vision deterioration under bright lighting conditions, possibly related to weakened retinal processing of light.
6. Reading difficulties: Because of blurred vision and binocular coordination problems, amblyopic patients may encounter greater difficulty when reading, such as seeing text as blurry, skipping lines, or missing words.
