Strabismus is a visual problem in which the eyes are not aligned properly and point in a directions that deviates from straight ahead. One eye may look straight ahead, while the other eye turns inward, outward, upward, or downward. The eye turn may be consistent, or it may be intermittent. The ey...

The eye has six muscles which control eye movement and are attached to the outside of each eye. The muscles work in conjunction thus if one muscle moves in the eye to the right, a different one muscle will move the eye to the left. The other four muscles move it up or down and […]

The main sign of strabismus is an eye that is not straight in comparison with the other eye. Sometimes children will squint one eye in bright sunlight or tilt their head to use their eyes together which may reveal other binocular vision disorders. Pseudostrabismus The eyes of infants may also app...

Strabismus can be diagnosed during an eye exam. It is recommended that all young children have their vision checked as some strabismus or problems may not mainfest under normal circumstances when so young. If there is a family history of strabismus or wearing thick eyeglasses, an ophthalmologist ...

Treatment for strabismus works to straighten the eyes and restore binocular vision whereby both eyes fuse to get single vision. In some cases of strabismus, spectacles can be prescribed for your child to straighten the eyes. Other treatments may involve surgery to correct the unbalanced eye muscl...

In some cases of strabismus in children and adults, strabismus treatment consists of glasses, prisms, patching or blurring of one eye, botox injections, or a combination of these treatments. Other times, eye muscle surgery is necessary to straighten the eyes. In children with some types of const...