Interesting that the weak eye is the one that gets patched. Seems like you would want to exercise the weaker eye by patching the dominant one.
“Interesting that the weak eye is the one that gets patched. Seems like you would want to exercise the weaker eye by patching the dominant one.”
Agree, sounds quite strange. My mom was paranoid that our kids would get it, since my sister and one of my brothers had it.
Bottom line, probably best to be PARANOID that your kid (or, on this site, more likely grandkid) might have it and get him checked out. The worst that happens is an all-clear and you lost a few hours from work (the case with my kids), but still, this is very common and if dealt with at a very young age, then never a problem.
From the actual study abstract:
“Participants < 18 years of age further patched the dominant eye.”
From the Children's Hospital Boston write up, above:
“Before receiving donepezil, children under 18 patched their weak eye for four weeks, at least two hours daily.”
I thought it was both strange and novel, but this was one of those times I didn't check up further to sanity check the study writeup.
You were all correct to question it.