Last Updated on September 19, 2025 by Aaron Barriga
What Is a Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)?
Lazy eye, also known as amblyopia, is a vision development disorder that causes abnormal visual development in early childhood. It is developed when the eye and the brain are not stimulated properly, and the brain favors one eye over the other.
It can also be said that when nerve cells responsible for vision do not develop as they should, it results in a ‘lazy eye’. Usually, amblyopia occurs in one eye, but in some cases, it can occur in both eyes.
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