Can concussion cause eye condition

[knothome]

My daughter is 6 and is special needs, she took a tumble at school resulting in a concussion, she was diagnosis shortly there after with Amblyopia, could her fall cause this condition or is it just one of those things that happens ?

Thank you !

[Brooke54]

If she injured her occipital lobe (the back of her head/brain) which is associated with vision, chances are the head injury and the vision loss are associated. try out this link:

http://www.preventblindness.org/children/eye_patch_club_intro.html

I myself had an iol implanted in my eye when I was five but what do I know I'm only in tenth grade.

[Sandy Feldman, MD, MS]

Dear knothome,

Amblyopia is a disease in which vision is impaired, the retina appears normal and the vision is not corrected by glasses or contact lenses.  I would recommend an examination by an eyeMD or if you think may be related to the concussion, I would recommend a neuro-ophthalmologist.

Dr. Feldman

Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California