Chronic pain: Pain (an unpleasant sense of discomfort) that persists or progresses over a long period of time. In contrast to acute pain that arises suddenly in response to a specific injury and is usually treatable, chronic pain persists over time and is often resistant to medical treatments.
In some children lazy eye is caused by a combination of strabismus and refractive problems. Deprivation. Any problem with one eye â such as a cloudy area in the lens (cataract) â can deprive a child of clear vision in that eye. Deprivation amblyopia in infancy requires urgent treatment to prevent permanent vision loss.
Lazy Eye (Amblyopia) updated July 3, 2015. Lazy eye (medically known as amblyopia) is a unique vision disorder. Its development and progression have more to do with the brainâs ability to process visual information received from both eyes than a defect in the structure of the problem eye itself.