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Children with a lazy or wandering eye may start to be discriminated against by other children starting around age 6, according to research published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. Here is some information about a wandering or lazy eye: • An eye that turns in or out can lead it to become “lazy”. In this situation, the proper nerve connections do not form properly and the vision from the eye may never improve. • Anyone child with an eye that turns inward or outward needs to be urgently assessed, because this may be due to a tumor, cataract and may result in permanent visual loss if not corrected. • An eye that turns inward or outward may require glasses or surgery. If the eye has become lazy, patching of the other eye may be necessary to force it to work and form proper nerve connections with the brain. Swiss researchers digitally altered photographs of six sets of identical twins such that it looked as though one child in each set appeared to have a lazy eye that turned either inward or outward. They then asked over 100 children aged 3 to 12 to look at these photographs and select which one of each set of twins they would invite to their birthday party. The participants had normally aligned eyes themselves, although they were either patients at an eye clinic or siblings of such patients. Children under the age of 6 did not discriminate between children with and without strabismus. Among the 48 participants aged 6 to 8, however, 18 did not select any child with …

www.nucleusinc.com Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can damage the eye’s optic nerve and result in vision loss and blindness. This 3D medical animation depicts the anatomy and physiology of the eye and demonstrates the different surgical techniques commonly used to treat glaucoma. The optic nerve connects the retina to the brain. The retina is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. A healthy optic nerve is necessary for good vision. In the front of the eye is a space called the anterior chamber. A clear fluid flows continuously in and out of the chamber and nourishes nearby tissues. The fluid leaves the chamber at the open angle where the cornea and iris meet. When the fluid reaches the angle, it flows through a spongy meshwork, like a drain, and leaves the eye. Sometimes, when the fluid reaches the angle, it passes too slowly through the meshwork drain. As the fluid builds up, the pressure inside the eye rises to a level that may damage the optic nerve. When the optic nerve is damaged from increased pressure, open-angle glaucoma–and vision loss–may result. The three common treatments for glaucoma are Laser Trabeculoplasty, Cyclophotocoagulation and Trabeculectomy. ANH00002